Siem Reap to Phuket

From 11/14

Today was another traveling day. We decided to do everything in our power to just make sure we had food and avoid being hungry for an entire travel day. We woke up and headed into town to a place called Joe To Go. It was a nice little cafe with AC so we hung out there for a bit after and played some cribbage. They had cool sayings all over and of course had a good cause behind their business. 

(Example of the cool sayings they have)

We weren't leaving until 1:30 to catch our flight so we had the morning to relax. We had a later start which was nice to sleep in a bit, and after breakfast we just went back to our hostel, packed up and checked out, and played cribbage for an hour or so. 

Our tuk tuk driver arrived and we hopped in. We were about halfway to the airport when we noticed a ton of HUGE puddles, but it wasn't raining. Yet. It started to monsoon (I remember my first monsoon) and the guy had to pull over to pull down the flaps. He didn't even put on a pancho or anything as he was soaked. We got fairly wet even with the flaps/walls pulled down. 

We got to the airport and it had stopped raining. We checked in and were surprised by AirAsia's terrible baggage policy. When you buy your ticket you have to say how many bags you're checking and what they will weigh. They don't give you another chance to pay for bags either - even when you check in. You have to know all this like 4 months before you even fly. Wtf? And they charged us $72 per bag. Per bag! That should be illegal. Never fly AirAsia.

At any rate, the flights were what you would expect. They don't let you bring your own food on the plane either. We got into Bangkok, ate, and then got on our other plane to Phuket. 

We got into Phuket around 9-9:30 and found our cab driver. We were able to stop at a store to get food for breakfasts. We're staying in a condo here so we have a kitchen we can use. We got some essentials and then continued on to our place. Our guy took us all the way do our door and let us in (he knows the owner of the place so it's not creepy). 

After the long day we wanted to make a toast to the trip. We got gin in the duty free store and tonic and limes at the grocery store. We had one drink and called it a night. The place were staying at is beautiful and has a view of the ocean for sunsets. I'll put some pictures in the next couple posts so you can see what it looks like. 

Looking forward to a couple days of relaxing and beaching while the trip comes to a close. 

"Travellers understand, instinctively and by experience, that travel and adventure change and elongate time, even while navigating the deadlines of airline and train departures."

- Paul Sheehan