Lost in Bangkok

LOST IN BANGKOK

My visa was about to expire and the angency I work through made me go the day before my visa expired to do a visa extension. So that lead to me heading into Bangkok on a Monday night to meet Tristan and Morne. I left for Bangkok just after 5, after being told the other two were leaving at 5 (when in fact they left at 6). Which left me having to keep myself busy at Victory Monument. Bored and hungry I wandered into a restaurant (who's name I cannot remember) and treated myself to a cappuccino and a yummy pasta. That bought me half an hour. I wandered around a little longer before my back started to ache from carrying my backpack for too long. I eventually went and sat at a bus shelter until they arrived. Which they eventually did, at about 7:30pm. I was relieved to see them because I knew it meant we would be heading to our hotel soon.

Here’s where the fun part starts. After spending about 45 minutes to get to the accommodation in Samut Sakhon, we discovered they had only one room left. That left us in shit because it was late and the only available accommodation we could find was back in central Bangkok. We found a cab and made the trip back only to end up getting lost on the way to our accommodation and deciding to walk because “maps said it was a 15-minute walk”. Well, maps lied. And we ended up roaming the streets of Bangkok at 11pm. Somehow we ended up in another cab on the way to a rather nice hotel. After a well-deserved night’s sleep, we were on our way back to Samut Sakhon. After stopping by the agency to fetch some paperwork, we made our way to the immigration office. The visa extension process was, thankfully, quick and rather painless. 

We headed back to victory monument to catch a van and decide to eat at the restaurant I'd eaten at the night before. It was a crazy 24 hours and I couldn’t wait to get back to my apartment but on the plus side, just 3 more sleeps until I'd see Tristan. And all in all, it made for a pretty great story.

The altogether suite - 9/10. It's a little more on the pricey side for someone earning baht, but definitely worth the splurge!

Thank you for reading!

Happy wandering,

Centaine xx