My return - a somewhat complicated trip back.

[Jambo]

The easy part of my return trip to Thailand was booking my Qatar Airways flights.

The following 30 days of my visit is much more complicated as I wish to spend time both “Up Country” and in Pattaya.   

I arrive at Swampy around 12.30 on Saturday 2^nd March following roughly two 6 hour flights with a couple of hours in between. I will no doubt be tired as I am a light sleeper at the best of times and I rarely sleep during flights. So I have booked myself into a decent hotel in the Nana area for a couple of nights to recover before taking the short flight up north.

Well that’s the theory although it seems rather wasteful not to visit Nana for a mooch around and I do recall having the best massage ever in the same area. You’ve got to really and after all it’s been a long time.  😃

I mentioned my trip recently to a good friend in Pattaya including the “Up Country” aspect to which he responded with

 “That’s the last time I EVER spend three weeks “Up Country!”     

That hit a nerve.

Covid affected lives in so many ways. Being locked down in the family home in Mae Sot for well over a year with only one other person speaking English did nothing for a relationship.

Well sadly, nothing good.

Then my hip took a turn for the worse whilst visiting my daughters in the UK. So it has been well over two years since I left Thailand.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and so did regular video calls on Line. I am now really looking forward to heading up north. Spending several weeks back in the family home, much less so.

Then a Eureka moment.

 I remembered that all the living areas including the modern bathroom, the main lounge and all bedrooms are upstairs.

Up a very steep flight of stairs.

Oh dear, my new hip will not be able to cope with those stairs. Well that’s my story and I am sticking to it as well.😉

So sadly I have had to book a hotel for the duration of my 17 days in Mae Sot.

Fortunately “The Centara Hotel”  (quite possibly the best and most comfortable hotel in the north west) with its two swimming pools, gym etc had a vacancy at an amazingly low provincial rate.

After my trip to Mae Sot which I sincerely hope goes well I fly Nok Airways back down to Don Mueang.

Then its taxi down to Pattaya for a 10 night stay in my old “night out on the town” hotel in Soi Buakhao.  A good location with the hotel almost exactly equal distance between Soi Boomerang and L K Metro.

Trips used to be a lot simpler in the old days.

What time will my taxi arrive at the Residence Gardens? How long will it take me to shower, change into my best shagging gear and get to the FLB bar?  

If all goes well I will be back for another month in November. If it doesn’t go well the month will just be in Pattaya.