So we made it to Bangkok, a little bit delayed but surprisingly dry (-:
The night bus to Manila was ok, but not as much sleep as expected. I would actually recommend the new bus that goes from Laoag to Manila, Florida Bus has a sleeper bus for 800PHP and also a Super Deluxe bus, and the second one is actually more comfortable then the sleeper. the seats are wider and more space for luggage and all for the same price.
We picked up our second kite bag again at Anna’s house, too bad we did not really have time to enjoy her family's coffee from their own farm, due to the taxi waiting outside. So we spend the time at the worst airport in Asia instead... Manila NAIA Terminal 1... donno what the Pilipino think’s about that terminal, but it is the worst... one restaurant outside, totally overpriced and not allowed inside till 2.5h before your flight due to limited space in the check in area, the inside is overcrowded and chaos pure.
So we repacked our bags again to 25kg each and two big bags of hand luggage each... because we had a bit too much luggage on the way to Manila on the last flight and the MNL-BKK flight said only 20KG aloud... hmm. Then surprisingly the lady at the check in counter did not ask why, and what and how and pay... NO - I put my bag on the scale and all she said was "Is that all sir? Only one golf bag?" So absolutely no problem... Thai Air - smooth as silk - is the real truth!!! We actually asked the lady after the check in, how much we could check in with our golf bags and she said up to 30kg... NICE.
They actually serve proper food in the airplane and drinks till u gotta say "No thanx I still have some." Not the usual "please can I have some water..." If u spend a few dollars more on the ticket, u will save it on the food and luggage.
After the arrival in Bangkok we took the Sky train to NANA station and went straight to my favorite Hostel in Bangkok, SUK11, an institution in Bangkok's hostel world, right behind Cheap Charlie’s Bar. We made it more or less dry to the hostel, dropped of the luggage and went straight out again... off in search for food. Noodle Soup first, followed by shopping, then Pad Thai and Somtam...ohhh I love the street food here...
I think most of the Songkran madness was over already by the time of our arrival, just here and there were some drunk, wet people crawling around. The left over’s of a hard day of water fight.
But it aint over yet...
We pulled a shopping day to make all the homies happy (-: while outside MBK and Soi11 the water splashing kept going.
The night bus to Manila was ok, but not as much sleep as expected. I would actually recommend the new bus that goes from Laoag to Manila, Florida Bus has a sleeper bus for 800PHP and also a Super Deluxe bus, and the second one is actually more comfortable then the sleeper. the seats are wider and more space for luggage and all for the same price.
We picked up our second kite bag again at Anna’s house, too bad we did not really have time to enjoy her family's coffee from their own farm, due to the taxi waiting outside. So we spend the time at the worst airport in Asia instead... Manila NAIA Terminal 1... donno what the Pilipino think’s about that terminal, but it is the worst... one restaurant outside, totally overpriced and not allowed inside till 2.5h before your flight due to limited space in the check in area, the inside is overcrowded and chaos pure.
So we repacked our bags again to 25kg each and two big bags of hand luggage each... because we had a bit too much luggage on the way to Manila on the last flight and the MNL-BKK flight said only 20KG aloud... hmm. Then surprisingly the lady at the check in counter did not ask why, and what and how and pay... NO - I put my bag on the scale and all she said was "Is that all sir? Only one golf bag?" So absolutely no problem... Thai Air - smooth as silk - is the real truth!!! We actually asked the lady after the check in, how much we could check in with our golf bags and she said up to 30kg... NICE.
They actually serve proper food in the airplane and drinks till u gotta say "No thanx I still have some." Not the usual "please can I have some water..." If u spend a few dollars more on the ticket, u will save it on the food and luggage.
After the arrival in Bangkok we took the Sky train to NANA station and went straight to my favorite Hostel in Bangkok, SUK11, an institution in Bangkok's hostel world, right behind Cheap Charlie’s Bar. We made it more or less dry to the hostel, dropped of the luggage and went straight out again... off in search for food. Noodle Soup first, followed by shopping, then Pad Thai and Somtam...ohhh I love the street food here...
I think most of the Songkran madness was over already by the time of our arrival, just here and there were some drunk, wet people crawling around. The left over’s of a hard day of water fight.
But it aint over yet...
We pulled a shopping day to make all the homies happy (-: while outside MBK and Soi11 the water splashing kept going.
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