Our flight to Thailand including our small stop in New Delhi was pretty straight forward and a journey with no problems. The highlight for Olly was to buy a Chicken Maharaja Mac from McDonalds in New Delhi which was the last thing I wanted. We were surprised by how many times our boarding cards were checked by the many members of airport staff. I think 5-6 times was excessive when dealing with very jet lagged and tired passengers. Slow start but we got there in the end and I just slept through everything with the exceptions of food. Flying with Jet Airways was very comfortable and given how nervous I was with flying I felt very comfortable even when there was some turbulence. But I was on medication so it all helped me throughout my journey.
At our arrival at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport we struggled to find our driver, which was arranged by St Stephen's International School, thankfully we found him as we didn't really want to face having to find our own way to Khao Yai.
Our journey was very confusing as our driver did not speak any english but through the translation on the phone to someone (Paeng) from the school, it was understood that we would get some food from a 7Eleven and eventually get to the school.
It was a long journey but we were thankful that we got to Khao Yai at 11:30pm (local time) greeted by David (Campus Manager), who showed us to our bungalow which we found out that it was only temporary accommodation as our house was not ready yet.
What I've learnt is that we need to lower our expectations to avoid any disappointment and to go with the flow. Following a 13 hour sleep one of the security members came to our hut and told us that the driver (Mr Anusorn) would take us to Pak Chong. But what they meant was the driver would take us to Tesco Lotus. What Olly and I never understood that this might be a good opportunity to get food or stuff generally for the house. We were hesitant to get anything as both of us did not know what to get while our house was not ready and if we got too much we need to move it all. So we just purchased the most random things like a towel, an iron and some pans?! Shopping when jet lagged is quite amusing but not fun when denied by the supermarket to sell us beer. Apparently there is a certain time of day that we cannot buy alcohol and that is why I am typing this on a Friday night without one. We need to look up when we can buy beer.
We've not met anyone official from the school yet but thankfully a Maths teacher (Robert) from Australia saved us by offering to take us out for some food and to go to the night market with his family in Pak Chong. We were both happy by his offer otherwise we would still be sitting on our porch. Saw quite a lot and we were both overwhelmed by what was available at the market....some of it was very questionable.
Hopefully we should meet someone from the school in the next few days but like I said, just go with the flow.
At our arrival at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport we struggled to find our driver, which was arranged by St Stephen's International School, thankfully we found him as we didn't really want to face having to find our own way to Khao Yai.
Our journey was very confusing as our driver did not speak any english but through the translation on the phone to someone (Paeng) from the school, it was understood that we would get some food from a 7Eleven and eventually get to the school.
It was a long journey but we were thankful that we got to Khao Yai at 11:30pm (local time) greeted by David (Campus Manager), who showed us to our bungalow which we found out that it was only temporary accommodation as our house was not ready yet.
What I've learnt is that we need to lower our expectations to avoid any disappointment and to go with the flow. Following a 13 hour sleep one of the security members came to our hut and told us that the driver (Mr Anusorn) would take us to Pak Chong. But what they meant was the driver would take us to Tesco Lotus. What Olly and I never understood that this might be a good opportunity to get food or stuff generally for the house. We were hesitant to get anything as both of us did not know what to get while our house was not ready and if we got too much we need to move it all. So we just purchased the most random things like a towel, an iron and some pans?! Shopping when jet lagged is quite amusing but not fun when denied by the supermarket to sell us beer. Apparently there is a certain time of day that we cannot buy alcohol and that is why I am typing this on a Friday night without one. We need to look up when we can buy beer.
We've not met anyone official from the school yet but thankfully a Maths teacher (Robert) from Australia saved us by offering to take us out for some food and to go to the night market with his family in Pak Chong. We were both happy by his offer otherwise we would still be sitting on our porch. Saw quite a lot and we were both overwhelmed by what was available at the market....some of it was very questionable.
Hopefully we should meet someone from the school in the next few days but like I said, just go with the flow.
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