Missed flight...

Date: Friday 8th April, 2011
Where to today: Kuala Lumpur --> Bangkok
Where are we sleeping: Bangkok
How do we get there: Plane

Well what can I say?

Ben and I arrived in KL yesterday afternoon. After a quick snack with Uncle Jim, we went to his beautiful mansion to unpack and rest for a short while. We all then headed out (Uncle Jim's family, plus Ben's cousins Caitlynn and Carolynn) for a beautiful dinner which included duck, fish and a delicious tofu and mushroom hotpot. We then headed home to sleep.

Now this is where the drama begins. Our flight from KL was supposed to depart at 8:05am and arrive in Bangkok at 9:35am. HOWEVER, Ben accidentally read the arrival time of 9:35am as the departure time, and we subsequently missed our flight! I had tears in my eyes, but did my best to hold it together. It felt like a dream, or should I say nightmare? It is so uncharacteristic of Ben to make such a crucial mistake.

After standing outside the departure gate and realising our error, we quickly raced back out of immigration to collect our baggage and try to rebook our tickets for another flight. The lady at the airline office searched flights for us whilst we anxiously sat opposite her, and while I shot death looks at Ben! The next economy flight from KL --> Bangkok --> Kathmandu, was on the 13th of April...5 days away! Ben didn't care how much it would cost us to get to Kathmandu asap and quickly asked whether they had any seats for any earlier flights in First Class or Business Class. We were prepared to pay anything! Luckily we were able to book an Economy flight from KL to Bangkok for later that day. We then had no other option but to book a Business Class flight from Bangkok to Kathmandu the following day. We had to fork out an extra $2000AUD, but at least our nerves were settled. I was still extremely upset, as it now meant we were 1 day behind the boys (Josh, Bobby and Matt). For some mysterious reason, Ben found the situation funny and could not contain his laughter. Shortly after however the gravity of the situation set in for him and was also upset, and apologised to me.

So tonight, Ben and I will stay overnight in Bangkok... I've always wanted to go to Thailand.