We missed getting stuck at Bangkok airport by a matter of hours when the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) overtook it on Tuesday 25th November. Since then we have had an interesting wait whilst we try and find out how and when we could get home.
First all flights were cancelled indefinitely; then some were going from U-Tapeo, a military airbase 150km outside of Bangkok, although we weren't sure if this included ours and thus when we would be able to get home. Now we know our flight is going from Bangkok as planned, but instead of the easy transfer flight from Krabi on the day, we are not sure if we will need to leave a night early and get an overnight bus so that we can make the check-in that is currently taking place at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) rather than at the airport.
Theoretically it is great: you get to stay in Thailand indefinitely, a wonderful and beautiful place with huge amounts to see and do. But we have a real life we need to get back to, and not knowing how things will work out means we have had trouble creating alternate plans and working out the when and wheres. This hasn't led to stress exactly, but more to an uneasiness over the last week or so.
We get to make our final decisions on what to do tomorrow morning: a one hour flight or a twelv hour bus ride. It has been an interesting honeymoon at least...
