Early morning hours of Friday, March 15, 2019

Today technically started while we were still at the Bangkok airport. We arrived just before midnight, but by the time we made it through customs and picked up our luggage it was closer to 1:00 AM before we actually got on our bus.

There were 8 of us that got picked up at the airport at that time, however we learned from our tour guide, Yui that there were two other groups that had flown in earlier in the day. (Lucky dogs!)

Despite the time of day, it still took about 30 minutes to get to our hotel. The airport is just that far away from our hotel.

I knew that the couple we had met on the plane, Lorraine and Joe, were going to be fast friends – to a certain extent they remind me of our friends, Jon and Yvonne. They are definitely worldly individuals – and the two really balance each other out.

Joe is the planner – Lorraine complained that her version of a holiday is sitting by the beach or the pool – relaxing and having a nice dinner. Joe’s version of a holiday is similar to mine – he wants to see and do EVERYTHING. He had signed up for all of the optional excursions. See, I told you I knew I was going to like them!

We got to the hotel and it was very nice. Because it was almost 2:00 AM – they were ready for us. They had the cards ready and a bell boy ready to take our luggage up.

Andy wasn’t feeling well – probably the long flight and lack of sleep – so he wanted to go to bed right away. I on the other hand was wired. I reread the itinerary – this one had more details – and started to unpack some of the items that I would need for Friday.

I finally got to bed closer to 2:30AM – with a 7:20 AM wake up call. Morning would come too soon – but I was too excited to sleep. (Brings me back to the night before the first day of school – too many thoughts running through my mind!)