15.5 hours of transit hell but hey, I'm in paradise now.

yesterday (erm, transit hell):

left my house in tokyo 5.45 a.m. in pouring rain
arrived narita airport 8.30 a.m.
my plane left for bangkok 11 a.m.
arrived bangkok international 3 p.m.-ish
got to bangkok domestic airport around 4 p.m.-ish to find my local connecting flight to krabi had been delayed. and then delayed again. oh, and then once more. and the damn place was crawling with damn loud australians.
flight FINALLY departed bangkok for krabi at 7.30 p.m. - it was frikken cold on the plane and pouring outside.
arrived krabi international airport 8.30 p.m.
a driver from my hotel picked me and drove me the 40 minutes to the place where I'm staying. he couldn't speak any English. he had the aircon on way too cold. i finally got him to turn it off and let me open the windows to soak up the fresh air just as we pulled in to ao nang beach at about 9.15 p.m.
checked into my lovely room and washed the plane grime off me.
10 a.m. I ate a masaman curry and drank a glass of white wine at the hotels restaurant. it was divine.
11 a.m. (1 a.m. Tokyo time) head on pillow deeply asleep.
total time in transit: 15.5 hrs.

today:

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
free breakfast at the hotel restaurant
walk along the gorgeous beach (well, mostly gorgeous if you pretend it's clean)
massage in a hut by the beach for 200 baht (that's about ¥600)
lunch of fresh fruit from road stall for 30 baht (that's about ¥90)
swim in the hotel pool (er, the ocean is full of stingers)
afternoon nap
yoga
sit in hotel bar overlooking the main street of ao nang drinking beer and blogging using the hotels wireless internet, listening to some cool reggae and watching the passing parade of tourists and locals on their scooters, bikes, and taxi trucks.
everyone is friendly and happy and relaxed
I'm happier than a pig in.... aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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