Visa drama..Hello Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Today started well...up at 4am.
Taxi at 5am.arrive airport 6am.where I was literally the 1st person there
Check in time and the grumpy woman behind the check in barked at me for my visa for sri lanka...meltdown moment..as despite an afternoon of holiday admin yesterday, id not done the visa for today. I applied online at the check in ,received an automatic acknowledgement but that's not what was needed
My options were to wait and see if visa arrived so could be checked through to sri lanka or
Fly to Bangkok, which was 1st part of my flight anyway and try to sort in Bangkok....which is what I chose to do...as siem Reap is small airport and accommodation an hour away. Worst case scenario Bangkok would have on site hotels
Another email came saying my application was accepted but the Bangkok airline staff convinced it wasn't enough to gain access to sri lanka
The grumpy check in person wanted my carry on suitcase to be checked in baggage...which would have meant that on arrival in Bangkok airport which is beyond massive..its insane. I'd hv to go through immigration collect bags and re - check in .Truthfully there was not going to be enough time . Another manager waded into the situation and this resulted in my keeping my bag with me ,which also meant i could stay airside.
After a long walk through Bangkok airport and a discussion with sri lanka airline staff that confirmed, the electronic acceptance is ok..I secured my boarding pass
Never been so relieved
The stress of the day has eased on arrival at the hotel which is incredible. It's where the tour group starts tomorrow
First impression is that it's just like Cambodia
They drive on the left like the UK
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