Welcome to Thailand!

We've left the wonderfully beautiful Cambodia and safely arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We had a three day ticket to the Angkor Wat site so we decided after our disappointing sunrise attempt yesterday and that we will only be here once to get up at 3:45am again to give it a go. Much to the disappointment of our driver I'm sure, who also had to get up at this time to take us! It was so worth it. The sky was illuminated with pinks, oranges and yellows as we watched the sun make its appearance and bring in the new day. There's something so spectacular about clouds when sunrise is happening because they add so much depth and drama to the scene. After taking in the event for a while we headed back to the hotel to pack up the last of our bits and get ready for our flight. We had time to watch something on YouTube before we headed for our last tuktuk ride with our driver to the airport. I like to be super early for flights so we did have a bit of a wait but it's better to be there relaxed then rushing. They had a Costa so that was a welcomed sight after already being up for 7 hours at this point at 11am! I've also bought a book from a shop so I now have something to do while waiting, yay! We were separated on the first flight across the aisle which was weird as we always have been together and hold hands during take off. We still did this, the gap wasn't going to stop us! After a short 1 hour we arrived in Bangkok and began queueing to pass customs to get our connection flight. We were with a lot of people also getting connections so the queue was huge and took well over an hour with only two women on the desk. We hadn't eaten at this point and then had the stress of meeting our connection so we rushed to a convenience store and picked up some things to then find that they have a £6 minimum card spend! We hadn't taken money out yet so we had to put it all back. We considered Burger King but it was now half an hour until our flight and I was panicking so we decided to abandon food and get the flight. Of course our gate was the furthest away as well but we made it and as we went through the woman called the last call on the tannoy so we were so glad we left! They took dollars on the flight so we got a very overpriced snickers and sprite to tie us over. We landed safely and the first taxi stand we saw offered us a taxi for £6 which seemed high when we knew it was only 15 minutes away. We asked is there another company and she openly pointed us in the direction of another stand and admitted it is half the price! Always shop around is the lesson here. We checked in our guesthouse, the owners are amazing, so welcoming and willing to help with anything. She told us about a pizza place around the corner that makes great pizza in the traditional clay oven in front of you. It was the best pizza we have ever had! And reasonably priced too. We spend the rest of the evening looking at flyers before deciding to go with another guest to an amazing zip wire course tomorrow. We're up bright and early so it's an early night tonight ready for the thrill of tomorrow!Læs mere