Thursday, December 3, 2015

Thailand or Bust (Day 12)

June 2nd (Tuesday)

We all knew this day was going to come quickly and it did. Today we start the journey home. But just like all traveling it didn't come without a few hiccups. We woke up super early to catch our transportation to the airport and we woke to a monsoon! We were so thankful for all the great weather we have had the entire trip (almost) so it was fitting that it was monsooning on the day we leave. 

We didn't think anything of the rain until we ran into some major flooding and delays getting to the airport. We had a fantastic driver who drove through all kinds of back ways/ parking areas etc to get us to the airport and not miss our flight.


There was a bit of excitement in the air as we were going to have a super long layover in Hong Kong and it looked like it would be long enough for us to leave the airport and go explore a little before catching the crazy long flight back to LA.

It was bittersweet to get on the plane in Phuket. The bittersweet feeling turned to frustration as we sat on the tarmac for a few hours and we watched our time in Hong Kong waste away. 




Unfortunately, they were unable to make up any of the time that was lost in the air so as we landed in Hong Kong, we knew that we were going to have to make the best of the Hong Kong airport and not any part of the city itself. We were excited that we would be able to get some Szechuan cuisine and Jed & I had flashbacks to our time in China. 

We wondered the airport for quite some time before settling on Taiwan Beef Noodle Restaurant. I supposed we should have known better, an airport restaurant is an airport restaurant no matter where you are in the world. This place was no different. It was way over priced (compared to what we have known the last 11 days) and the food was okay.   



After food, we wandered the airport finding some of the most random of things.



It wasn't too much longer before it was time for us to get on our final flight to head back to LA. It was still so surreal that our trip was coming to an end.

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After a 12 hour flight, it was nice to be home. None of us really knew what day or time it was so instead of headed back to Eric & Audrey's and going straight to sleep, we headed out for more food!


SO GOOD!! We finally made it back to Eric & Audrey's and ending up watching videos until about 3AM. It was glorious! We are so incredibly thankful for having the opportunity to take this trip with these guys. Can't wait for the next adventure!!

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