Ok so finally this week I’ve been able to start booking things for the trip to Thailand.  The airfares, of course, came first both domestic and international.  They are booked and paid for!

We went with Thai International.  I’ve never flown with them before so it will be interesting to see what they are like, still I’ve heard nothing but praise for Thai.  I’ll be flying from here to Perth first up and spending time with family waiting for my travel buddies leave to start.  My leave starts about a week before hers!

Then on Tuesday 16 October 2007 we fly from Perth to Bangkok.

That is where the journey will begin.  That is where the journey will end.

I’m not sure why but somehow a trip just does not seem real until I’ve booked my airfare.  Once that happens I finally start to really believe that I am going.  The excitement starts to build or perhaps its just anticipation.

In typical fashion I really do not know what we will do in country.  The first couple of nights will probably be at the Shangri-La.  That will probably be booked by the end of next week.  After those ‘nice’ nights we will head up North, most likely.  There will be that ‘travel stuff’ of some description thrown in before heading back to Bangkok to fly out.  Well Cass will fly out Thursday 8 October, I’ll wave goodbye and stay an extra week or so.  I’m not sure if I’ll stay in Thailand or perhaps go to Myanmar the last week just for a brief ‘look’ at the country.  I figured the choice was to either head home and twiddle my thumbs for a week and a half there before starting work or stay longer in Thailand.

I chose to stay longer in Thailand!