As I sit at my desk at work, its 0600hrs..or O'dark a clock, the countdown tells me its 33 days 23 hours 59mins to wheels up out of BNE to SYD to BKK. This will be my first time doing this route on QANTAS, previously I've gone direct via THAI and V Australia before that. I certainly wasn't planning this trip at least not now...more like Apr/May as per my usual aspergers routine. Family issues with ex and behavioural fuckups by one of my sons...she was going to dump him on me at short notice. I decided to follow my dick to LOS for what at the time could have been my last trip before I took up permanent father duties to a rampaging 16 yo. Well at least that has now subsided and normality has returned until the school hols.
Anyway this trip I'd thought I'd try to mix up the arrival and departure timings....previously 2030hrs arrival BKK local and depart 2359hrs, now I arrive BKK 1530hrs and depart 1715hrs, quite a change plus not direct for once. I always plan, as AB will attest, especially accommodation, only problem there is when I can't get refunds on the agoda booking and am stuck with it. This trip is no exception, already cancelled R-Con Blue Ocean and then shortened the stay at my new accommodation at Baan Dok Mai. Hoping my booking at I-Rovers isn't a bust and double booked as they seem to do.
This trip is probably the most 'spur of the moment' trips I've done...if you can call booking 2 months in advance that...most won't. The only other occasion was my first trip when a mate from Darwin poked his head up in a email out of the blue and said 'got a free pass from SWMBO, who wants to go to Thailand, I'd never been so within 30 secs up goes the hand..pick me. that was 2009 and 5 or 6 trips ago. He now jokes he created a monster when he introduced me to LOS.
As a couple of you know my heaviest workload is beginning of the year, so i tend to go as above in April/May or June and if I' m real lucky an October trip. The next trip in April could be a 'wing it' trip only the dates are kinda planned atm to take in some of Songkran, my birthday and ANZAC day. No airfares or hotels will be booked til late march i feel. The aspergers will be in a flat spin. DON'T PANIC Mr Mainwaring.
Anyhoo, hope to finally meet you BB, hope SS can come play and look forward to meeting up with BMs I've not before and those I have. Say hi to Ninewives if you see him BB.