So, we had our first real travel snag this morning..............our flight this morning that was scheduled to depart Bali @ 7:50 am to Bangkok through Kuala Lumpur was delayed by 6.5 hours. Kind of a bummer, but it is actually nice to have a few spare minutes to catch up with the most recent events. It was tough this morning because both of us had made a point to spend the last of our money (Rupiah) so when we got to the airport this morning and found out that we had about 6 hours to kill, we both realized that we didn't even have enough cab fare to get back into Kuta. You get charged an arm and a leg to withdraw cash out of the country so its kind of a rip-off, but neither of us wanted to spend 6 extra hours in a sweaty airport when we could go out on the streets and at least shop and see more cool stuff while we sweat! Rob was nice enough to get some cash and we headed back intop Kuta to blow some more Rupiah.
The internet cafes over here usually have AC which is a very welcome feature anywhere you go over here. Travelling by backpack is pretty tiresome so every minute that I can get not packing and unpacking my gear is very valuable. I'd like to think that things will get more relaxed as we go, but we will need to keep up a pretty crazy pace to hit all of our destinations. I am very excited o get into Thailand to see what it is like. Bye for now!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Bangkok? Not quite!
Posted by Rob Samsel at 7:02 PM
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Your backpacks are going to be overflowing by the time you leave Thailand! Make sure you remember us in all your market shopping. I would like a North Face Jacket, Oakley Sunglasses (are those even cool anymore?), a Coach Purse, the new Iron Man DVD...you know, any of those great, authentic, products they sell on the street there. ha ha ha!
Hey! Don't spend ALL your rupiah - you promised to bring me some coins, remember? :)
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