there is lots to tell about our thailand adventures - we thought one of the most exciting moments was when our taxi driver to the airport , upon starting up the car, flipped down 2 DVD screens (front and back) popped in a karoke DVD and tested the re-verb on the mic "Helloooo, Helloooo, Welcommmme", before handing it to us. Lisa, myself and our two airport companions (two Europeans) groaned and laughed at the same time. 40 minutes of the Carpenters and The Eagles all the way to Bangkok airport. we didn't use the mic, but we did sing along once in a while.
the excitement got more interesting when i went up to the check-in desk to get our 1:00 flight to Hong Kong (so we could fly out tomorrow as scheduled) and they pointed out - very nicely because Thais are very nice - that the flight was today but at 1 AM not 1 PM. military time!!! who goes by that these days? we don't think like airlines and the military so we missed our flight.
after a lot of coins dropped into bangkok pay phones, using some nice Thai man's cell phone and calling upon the assistance of several airport people we re-arranged all our flights to leave on jan 3rd from Hong Kong. besides the fact that all hte flights are full due to the holiday it would have also cost us an additional $350 to leave bangkok then and there.
our taxi back to our hostel wasn't nearly as exciting, and we got some strange looks when we checked back into the hostel we had checkout of earlier that day, but we have decided to explore bangkok and celebrate new year's 12 hours earlier than all of you on the Stateside.
the up side is that we have a few more days of vacation, bangkok just happens to be one of the cheapest places to stay and we can continue with our strict Thai food diet of mangos, pad thai and anything else we can get our stomachs around - although it would have been nice if our crystal ball could have told us ahead of time of they delay then we would've stayed on the island for 3 more days.
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