December 21st-22nd - The Thailand Adventure Begins!

I cannot explain my excitement when the last bell rang on Friday afternoon, announcing that the Christmas Holidays were finally hereJ Of course John and my packing had been too busy running the roads so packing hadn't occurred (luckily we had a late flight). Although he hadn't packed we were weren't worried as we had made a trip to Decathlon (Dad, your name is written all over this store) and had bought ourselves matching packs (how cute.), so really we just had to throw things in, right? After school I got myself organized then headed to my room where the packing began – my room was a disaster. Between the two of us we certainly did a number on the place. We drank some gin, listened to music and decided what we would want to wear other than our bathing suits. When we were finished packing we thought it'd be a good idea to eat a little something before heading out. We decided to try a little Italian place near by for dinner that I had heard was really cheap and pretty good. It was cheap, not so good. After an interesting meal of pizza with something pretending to be cheese on it we power walked home, said our goodbyes to everyone and headed off to the metro to go to the Shenzhen airport. How exciting!!

We were super early...so early that the gate wasn't yet open. So, we bought ridiculously priced coffee and spent some time chatting (I may or may not have had a little nap  as well). 

The 21st was a long night! We flew out of Shenzhen at 11:30pm, arrived in Bangkok at 1:30am and then flew to Krabi at 6:30am. We arrived in Krabi between 9:30 and 10:00, this part is a little fuzzy since we had spent a relatively uncomfortable half-sleepless night waiting in airports and scrunching ourselves onto the Air Asia planes. But, it was all worth it J 

{Funny side note at the Shenzhen Airport: My body decided to have a coughing fit while going through the scanners and having our bags checked (masks came out after I left, I'm sure). John was also asked to open his bag so that they could go through it. Turns out they were looking for a shovel and a paint chipper: He was asked if he was carrying a shovel (translated by one of the men's iphones) and a paint chipper (they actually had one to show him)...Once that moment of trying not to burst into laughter was over we made it through to our gate.}