All packed up and ready to go
left my room
farewell, last look around
it's very nice here
it's been a very pleasant stay
peaceful, quiet
this nice sort of verandah area to sit out on
which is great for the evenings and the mornings
and nice friendly helpful super friendly staff
helpful staff
but gotta go
it's time to leave Cambodia
and head to Bangkok
the big city of Asia
everybody has heard and knows about Bangkok
so let's spend our next five days there and see what it's really like
oh, interesting echo
okay, now I've got to pay my bill
not really
but I have to pay really don't I?
can I pay next time?
Can I pay when I come back next year?
See you no next time, thank you.
Short ride, 25 minutes from Siem Reap centre to the airport
and here I am about to leave Cambodia
It's been great though hasn't it? Haven't we had fun?
And here we are
check-in board
see when my flight is,
Where am I going? Bangkok I'm going to.
okay and kind of worrying I can't see my flight up there
oh there it is AK541 I was just looking in the wrong place
found it now
so they are check in three
so let's go and find check-in three
One of the things I really hate about airports checking in and queues
I'm with with Air Asia
one check-in desk, five flights
I know it's a small airport but the
queue is ridiculous
I got here early and
actually queued out of the airport door
I hope I left enough time
I've still got two hours
I just don't want to spend the whole two hours
sitting in a check-in queue
I'd rather go and get a coffee
and I've got toget through customs
After waiting for over an hour in the queue
to finally get to the front and check in
there was a complication
nothing's ever straightforward is it?
Now it's a bit complicated
but I originally bought a ticket from Siem Reap
to Hanoi, and it went via Bangkok
and I bought it with AirAsia
in one ticket and it's
I think I had three hours between the flights, no problem
about a week before I left on this trip
so maybe about inly two weeks ago now
they sent me an email saying that the schedule from Siem Reap had been changed
and now I'm going to be two hours later which meant that when I got to Bangkok
assuming there's no delays I would have one hour or less to transfer flight
may or may not happen
so I rejigged my trip a bit and I was going to
then I decided well what I'll do
I'll stay a few days in Bangkok instead
because I'm going to miss that connection
or wait something like eight hours for
the next flight in the airport I didn't fancy that
so I thought well I stayed a few
days in Bangkok then go on to Vietnam
so I didn't cancel the ticket because they don't
make it very easy to cancel or change
and when you're traveling on the road
you don't have good internet access
and all the information they want
it gets complicated
so all I did was then buy a new ticket
from Bangkok to Hanoi six days later
then I then proceeded to buy my leaving ticket from Vietnam because
as a UK passport holder I can stay 15 days or 14 nights in Vietnam
and get a visa on arrival or VOA
a Visa waiver is what it really is or a Visa exemption
but it then means I have to leave within 15 days
so I then calculated my 15 days after my six days in Bangkok and then bought my ticket
for leaving Ho Chi Min at that point
Now when I came to check in they wanted to
see my leaving ticket from Vietnam
bare in mind I'm in Cambodia and they
wouldn't check me in because it wasn't within 15 days of me arriving as far as
they were concerned in Vietnam because I hadn't cancelled the original ticket
even though I had a new ticket
and they said no we're responsible you can't you know
you've got to fly through you mustn't if you know so what happens if I miss the
flight you know because there's not enough time
now they go "well we'll just put you on the next one"
so I have to wait eight hours in the airport?
"pretty much yes"
so the guy who was checking me in said well
no I'm not supposed to let you on now
so I had a valid air ticket they just
wouldn't let me on because according to them I'd be arriving in Vietnam early
and I just wasn't you know what basic was gonna do is go to Bangkok on that
ticket and not make my connection stay in Thailand for six days and use the
other flight that I'd already got out of Bangkok to then be within my 15 days
they weren't happy with that
so they said wait till my supervisor comes and we'll
see if there's a way around it
that will be in another hour
okay so it's time to
go and get some coffee
have some water
and chill a little bit to see what happens
back to you in a little while
okay update on the ticket and flights saga
when I went back after my coffee, wandering around
and wondering what to do
shift changed new
people my ticket was already printed out
went up to the counter just handed
my passport and I said "oh I think they're my tickets"
and the lady picked them up and said "well what's the problem?"
and I said "I think there's a problem possibly with my connection"
"no don't worry" she says
"if you miss the fight they'll just put you on the next fight, here's your tickets thank you very much have a good flight"
so I took them and I ran
and I'm still on the wrong side
so now I'm gonna go through passport control
get to my check-in gate
before they make me stay
and we are through
through passport control through
security and now just a nice quiet comfortable waiting area
it's a lot more peaceful through here
my gate is just over there but it's all busy
right people waiting you know, for check in so I just found a nice quiet area
sit down here chill for a little while
and I've actually got
turning you around without wobbling you
quite a nice view outside
there's not a great deal going on
Siem Reap is quite a nice quiet Airport but
yeah it's nice to be able to see the outside from the
airport watch the planes coming and going
so I'll get back to you at check-in time
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