Day 8.
Its the FINAL day. It simply means we would be stuck to our 9am-6pm work when we get back to the Philippines. However, it also signifies that we have another few months to plan for our next getaway.
GETTING IN and STAYING AT SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT
Good thing we decided to stay in Khao San Road because tourist offices are everywhere and they provide your options on how to get to the airport. Rates are between 100 to 150 Baht, but I believe they give almost the same service.
Although our flight is 7:00 in the evening, we decided to book a pick up schedule of 1:00 in the afternoon, to have time for the traffic or many other circumstances that we may encounter on our way to the airport. The service picked us up at the hotel and by 1:10, we are bound for the airport.
Suvarnabhumi airport is about an hour (or an hour and a half) away for Khao San Road, depends on how fast your driver is. The trip was smooth and you will not feel that it was an hour drive.
The service van will drop you off at the departure area and you will have to fine which gate your airline is. We appreciated this very much, since gate was not indicated in our flight itinerary. We saw where Tiger Airways (Seair) is and we entered the boarding gate.
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| Departure area |
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| Airport Floors |
After having our bags checked, we looked for our flight lanes. We arrived pretty much early and check in gates are not open yet, so we decided to walk around and buy dinner for us (with the last Baht that we have on hand). Food centers are located at the second floor, wherein the departure area is at the third floor. First floor is for the arrivals.
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| Check In Gate for Tiger Airways - Seair |
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| Our favorite: Walkalator! |
Suvarnabhumi is huge... really huge. Call counters are located everywhere, where you can make international calls. Though wifi is not free, we were still amused on how big the airport is. After checking in and passing through the immigration counters, we walked for almost 20 minutes before we finally arrive at our boarding gate.You'll pass by the Duty Free shops and the main airport lobby before you get to the boarding gates. Second floor is reserved for the waiting passengers, while the lower floor is for the boarding passengers. I simply hoped we have the same for our airports. But I still love ours, since we offer FREE WIFI.
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| The little Girl we met at the airport |
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| Airport landscaping |
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| A lady backpacker doing Yoga while waiting for her trip |
ARRIVING IN CLARK (DMIA Airport)
The flight is quite rough, since we had ITCZ in the Philippines when we arrived. Coming from an convenient airport and experiencing several immigration points, long immigration lines greeted us back. Well, they simply made sure that we are in the Philippines. Only two counters were open and there were 3 flights arrived then.
Since it was late at night, we decided to check in at a Clark Hotel (TUNE HOTEL) and spend the night over just to be safe. After staying for almost 12 hours in Clark, we spent the same budget as our Ho Chi Minh trip for 2 days. Sad but we learned a lesson. Do not take a late night trip arriving in Clark, or else. :)
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