To Thailand

We’ll be travelling to Thailand next Wednesday for a well-deserved holiday. As frequent readers remember, my Christmas holiday break was not exactly relaxing, so now it is time to unwind. And no, we didn’t book this trip because of Christmas, but we’ve been planning to go there for half an year.

We’ll spend three nights in Bangkok and seven in Hua Hin, a beach resort town a couple hundred kilometers south from Bangkok on the eastern sea shore.

The trip will be interesting, as my parents are also travelling with us. They’ve never been outside Europe and as our flight leaves at 23:50 (or something), the trip there might be exhausting for everyone. Hopefully Aapo adjusts to flying and doesn’t cry all the way there. I’ve got some Bob the Builder and Teletubbies with me, so there should be peace as long as my Mac’s battery has power left.

We have all ground transportations fixed, so there should be someone waving a paper with our names on it. No hassles with public buses or taxis — and no horde of Finnish tourists in the same bus.

I’m expecting quite a lot from the hotels, as the service and the attention to detail is very much honoured down there. Especially the pool area in Hua Hin hotel has been much appraised, so basking in the sun, dipping in the pool and some good books would be most of the program during days.

Before the holidays, I need to push three more days to get my clients satisfied and my company’s staff all geared up while I’m gone.