Special Moments: The Decision, The Flight and Settling In

Sunday, June 3, 2012

The Decision, The Flight and Settling In

One night while watching TV the question was brought up. What would we do for our 2nd Anniversary? Last year we celebrated our first in a gorgeous cottage on Springbrook mountain. It was exclusive and romantic and we had a very special time! How could we ever top it? Restaurants were discussed, camping was suggested, a trip to the sunshine coast was considered but nothing got us excited! Then we remembered! We had 8 nights booked and paid for in the beautiful country of Thailand! I had bought the voucher a year earlier on a deal site and it was just sitting there waiting to be used! Perfect! We got confirmation from both our boss' and booked the next day! We made the decision and booked and were leaving in 6 weeks! 6 WEEKS! Talk about last minute and a spontaneous decision! But I guess that's how the best made plans are made! The 6 weeks flew by and the excitement was building! We had no plans, we didn't know anything about the country or the town we were saying in. All we knew was that we had 2 tickets to a beautiful resort in Phuket, Thailand and we had 9 days to do whatever we wanted...together!

I was in 2 states about this trip! I was out of my mind excited as we were off to explore a new country and experience so many new adventures! However this made me a little apprehensive! Something didn't feel right! I don't know what it was but I felt uneasy! I think it was because we had no plans and no idea! We were going to a completely foreign county with no schedule, no bookings, no plans! This was exciting but holy crap what on earth were we going to do! I also felt I was going to die but that's a totally different story all together!

The 11th of May came and we were off! We didn't tell anyone exactly when we were going! Only some of our close friends knew! It kind of made the whole trip that extra little bit special! We didn't not tell anyone on purpose but we just didn't want to announce to the world that we were leaving the country for a week with no one at our house! If we saw people we told them but other than that it was quite a surprise! We both worked the Friday then we came home got our bags and my mum drove us to the airport. Our flight left at 11.20 pm and we arrived in Thailand at 9.35am the next morning, with a quick stop over in Kuala Lumpa on the way. Guess what? I didn't get sick! It was the longest I had ever flown! 7 hours then 2 hours and I was awesome! The flight was really good! A bit of turbulence through the night but it was just like being on a roller coaster so it was easy to handle! I started watching 'The Vow' but sleep finally took over and I was in the land of nod for about 6 hours! Boom! How awesome is that! By the time I woke up and finished my movie it was time to land! The connecting flight from KL wasn't as good. I got quite sick and this shut me down for the rest of the day, but that's ok! Could of had worse! FYI being coeliac on a plane trip sucks the big one! No thank you I don't want to eat rice crackers with capsicum and cucumber (nothing else) that is completely soggy and squishy! I'd rather starve! Lucky I came prepared and took crackers and peanut butter! Winning!

We arrived in Thailand and it was full on! People warned me about their 'in your face' approach to life but I swear I was asked if I wanted a taxi about 20 times before I even left the airport. Lucky we had a transfer waiting for us so we felt a sense of relief when we got into the car and started heading for our hotel. UNTIL...we got on the main road and our driver completely switched into grand theft auto mode and drove 1000 km per hour through every single street! Holy crappers I thought we were going to die! There are no rules in Thailand. They just GO! Rob and I sat there holding hands with our jaws on the ground! We couldn't believe it! Fast forward 50 minutes and I swear to god I could have kissed every person at that hotel and the ground I walked on because we got there in 1 piece! These Thai drivers are insane!

Our hotel was amazing! We were so thankful it was gorgeous and completely worth the horrific drive! (P.S the driving was like this the entire time we were over there, you kind of just get used to after a while) we explored the resort for a while and saw everything it had to offer us! 4 pools, 6 restaurants, spa, gym, this place rocked. We chose one of the poolside bars and had our first drink and just sat back and took it all in! We were here! A a year of wishing, 6 weeks of waiting and several crazy hours of travel...we were here! Dam it felt good. No plumbing, no kids, no cars, no phones, just us and this crazy country just begging us to explore! We smiled at each other and knew we had made the right decision! Thailand watch out!