Hello all ; I arrived here as scheduled on Friday morning after a 16 hour flight from Vancouver; As we were departing from Ottawa, the massive storm with 200 kilometer winds that had hit the B.C. coast for several days had diminished to nothing. We were in a 300 seat Boeing 787-900 type aircraft from Ottawa to Vancouver, and another of the same type here. There were no empty seats on either flight. A great many of the passengers were American, who came up to Vancouver and enjoy the long, non stop flight to Asia. Most of those I spoke with were going onward to other countries.
Upon arrival at Bangkok, we were put into a subway car and taken at high speed for a three minute ride to the main terminal. There, I was treated to a big surprise. A Customs officer whom I had spoken with several times here was at the main entrance to the Customs/Immigration stop point. Here there are two routes to Customs/Immigration...one for Thai Passports, one for All other Passports. When he saw me, he said...''you Canadian Thai, go to Thai Passport gate.'' I had three ahead of me....hundreds in the other line up.
Another big surprise at the hotel. After I checked in, the lady at the counter gave me a large vase of very colourful flowers. On the vase was a note...''Well come back Kuhn (friend) Donald Bedier, nice to have you back''. This morning several of my friends from the north of Thailand arrived here, and on Wednesday, we will go to Pattaya. This morning, I walked the one block to Bangkok Smile, my dental office, and confirmed that I am here and will see them Monday morning at ten.
My next update will probably be from Pattaya, a two hour bus ride south of here.
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