Left the hotel at midday for 15:35 flight, taxi took us to the airport it is chaos driving in Phnom Penh. The roads should be better than what they are the Prime Minister has been in power for so long and even got out voted at one stage but stayed on refusing to relinquish the role. Apparently, the UK is the 2nd largest contributor to the economy after the USA. If there is aid involved, I am sure it is going into the corrupt PM and his family pockets. Waiting at the airport my favourite nation citizen pushed his trolley right in to the back of my legs not watching what he was doing. I swung around and kung fu kicked his bags and told him watch the hell where you are going. He apologised many times and picked his bags up and put them back on to the trolley.
Was a short flight under an hour to Bangkok got through immigration picked up the bags and eventually got into a taxi a very long queue. Reached Penny’s hotel 50 minutes later. Was there for 3 hours we had some dinner and I showered and dressed for the flight. I said my good byes to Penny we have practically been together 24/7 since end of November. She has been a great gutsy lady to travel with and if it was not for her, I would not be doing these travels, thank you Penny. Penny intended to stay on in Thailand for over 3 weeks, but she has to fly back to London on Friday as she just received a letter from the specialist at her hospital requiring her back ASAP for month long treatment. It should begin next Monday.
Bangkok airport is very busy at 22:00 eventually checked in and got through passport control and got to our gate for the 01:20 flight, after a while our flight details disappeared off the board, then I could see people walking so I checked the indicator board and our flight had been changed so off I went and queued with everyone else. Lots of Qatar ground staff were making their way through us and going downstairs to the boarding lounge and it seemed strange as we should have been boarding earlier. Then some one told us our flight will be delayed until 04:00 there were a few pissed off people and made it known, we were given a food voucher. Also told our onward flights would be held back for us, let’s hope so.
Got to Doha and we have all been put on later flights mine is now 15:30 arrived here at 08:00 been given a bit of misinformation. I spoke with a airport official and he took me up to the Qatar lounge as I needed to use the internet to check train and flights to Alicante. We arrive after 21:00 and there are no trains after that time and there is a flight at 23:30 but I asked Qatar to pay for it, No. Told there is a flight at 00:30 tomorrow and arrive at 07:30 which suites me so I am put into the 5 star hotel here in the transit area with meal vouchers. Had to wait 2 hours for the hotel bus to pick me up I told the manager at the hotel and he has given me a suite leave here in 8 hours time for the airport.
Maurice's Travel 