To follow the whole thing chronologically, it’s best to go to the calendar on 22 January (just before take off) and then scroll through the days.

Or it’s even easier to click on the photo

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The Thaiairways 747 taxis to the runway at 0:50 on the dot.

The flight takes 12 hours. In total, we are on the road for 17 hours from door to door. In Bangkok, you should definitely allow 2 hours for check-in time. That’s how long it takes to get through all the queues and finally arrive at the boarding gate.

We have decided to make a note of a few things that we want to bear in mind next time:

not to go on vacation in Thailand during the Chinese New Year (this certainly also applies to other Asian countries)
not to visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok after a public holiday (suddenly everyone wants to go there)
never go to Patong again. The beach was so filthy and it stank like a sewer
In Hua Hin you should definitely look for a beach hotel that really has its own sun loungers on the beach. Preferably a bit outside the center.

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What a bummer! We thought the return flight was on the 16th at 0:50.

But it’s already tomorrow (i.e. tonight) at 0:50.

So the excursion to Ayuttaya planned for tomorrow has been canceled.

Today we went to Wat Pho and Wat Arun. A foot massage was necessary.

Wat Pho has been home to Thailand’s most prestigious massage school since the 1960s. In addition to traditional Thai massage, it also offers courses.

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1st mistake: going there when it was closed the day before (Mondays, during or after a Buddhist holiday)

2nd mistake: take the ferry if you’re in a hurry.

The day before yesterday we booked tickets for the Siam Niramit Theater for tonight. The show is a short journey through Siam’s history, legends and myths. We got there and back quickly by cab. The show itself was breathtaking, varied with wonderful backdrops and staging.

The same show can also be seen in Phuket. You can get a little insight here:

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Today, after breakfast, we took the ferry north on the Chaopraya River to Thewet Pier. From here we walked to Wat Thewarat Temple.

After the visit, we continued by tuk-tuk to the Marble Temple (Wat Benchamabophit). Here you can admire what is probably the most beautiful Buddha statue in Bangkok.

We then took the boat back downstream to our hotel.

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The flight was scheduled for 13:55. However, boarding was so slow and unorganized that the departure was delayed by 30 minutes.

Back at the Milenium Hilton, we first enjoyed the view from the 31st floor. After a little refreshment, we went to a small shopping center nearby and returned under a full moon.

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After spending the afternoon by the pool, we treated ourselves to the evening buffet at the hotel and were pleasantly surprised. Afterwards we went for a walk through the nightlife of Patong. Well, St. Pauli is nothing compared to that. Patong is the Pataya of Phuket.

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What a horror. This is probably the most disgusting beach in the whole of Phuket. Apparently, the hotels here still discharge their waste water into the sea untreated. It stinks to high heaven. But nobody else seems to mind. The beach is full. At one point, people are lying directly where the sewage flows into the sea.

Our hotel has a pool on the roof. Far enough away from the stench. The room is on two floors. The sleeping area and bathroom are downstairs. Upstairs a living area, a small kitchen with a dining table and a balcony with a whirlpool.

The air conditioning heat exchanger (on the balcony on the sleeping floor) was always very loud and everything vibrated when it started up from time to time. I therefore set the air conditioning to 25 degrees so that it didn’t start up so often.

We then reserved a table at the Baan Rim Pa restaurant for 7:30 pm. It seems to be the most exclusive Thai restaurant here. At least as far as the prices are concerned. The food was good but completely overpriced. No comparison to Kampong Kata Hill where we paid less than half the price for comparable food of even better quality.

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After breakfast we lay down by the pool again.

At 12 noon I took the shuttle to the village to pick up the laundry. Unfortunately, I didn’t see that the laundry bag was also under the ironed laundry, so I went back in the afternoon. For nothing, as it turned out later.

So we moved our appointment for the Thai massage back an hour.

We were ready by 5pm. A full hour can be very long. The whole thing was pretty intense, but in hindsight it’s worth it.

At around 7:45 pm we took a cab to the Kampong Kata Hill restaurant. One of the nicest Thai restaurants we know. And the food there is also great. We had already been there in 2009.

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After breakfast the way we like it, we took the hotel shuttle to the village to take the laundry to the dry cleaners. The next shuttle took us straight back.

Then we relaxed by the pool – it was much more pleasant today because there were no screaming Chinese girls in the pool for hours like yesterday.

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