Today was a travel day. We were flying from Hong Kong to Bangkok. Our flight didn’t leave until 2:25 so we had the morning free. Rick and I walked to the park and watched them clean the cages and feed the animals, specifically birds, turtles, and orangutans. It was a nice relaxing morning.
We left for the airport around 10:30. I think we had the worst taxi driver in all of Hong Kong. He kept punching the accelerator and then let off of it. We think he thought it was a gas saving maneuver. Whatever it was, it was annoying.
We had noticed that the first name on Rick’s ticket was Rick, not Richard which is on his passport. It hadn’t been a problem flying from Boston to Hong Kong but it was a problem going from Hong Kong to Bangkok. They talked to the manager who said it was ok to cross out Rick and write in Richard for this flight but they told us that we should get it fixed since it could be a problem in the future. It was urgent that we get it taken care of because we were scheduled to fly the next day from Bangkok to Phnom Penh. We wanted to make sure that Rick was going to be able to get to Cambodia! So we went to the lounge and called OAT. Even though it was the middle of the night in Boston, we got someone who said they would fix it.
The flight was uneventful. We got through immigration and customs easily. We were met by an OAT representative and explained the ticket situation to him. Rick and this gentleman went to the check in counter to try to get it straightened out. OAT Boston had already fixed it for the flight to Cambodia. The airline was going to charge us to change the rest of the ticket so the OAT representative suggested that we let OAT Boston take care of it. We slept better because we knew it was fixed for the next flight.
We were driven to the hotel. We got checked in and settled and then went to the lounge for a drink. In the lounge there was a women who was by herself so we talked to her and it turned out she, Kristina, was on our tour. So we had a glass of wine and dinner with her. She was born and raise in Sweden but has lived in the US for many years.
After dinner we all went to bed. Not the most exciting day but I guess that’s what you want on a travel day.