A five hours stop in Helsinki Airport on my way from Oslo to Bangkok |
Finnair brand new Airbus A350. Less than 9 hours from HEL to BKK. About one hour shorter flying time than A330/A340! |
Finnair brand new Airbus A350. Less than 9 hours from HEL to BKK. About one hour shorter flying time than A330/A340! |
AY089 HEL-BKK. Waiting for pushback. |
AY 089. Goodbye winter! Won't miss you... |
Somewhere high above Russia |
0930 am. Just arrived at my hotel in Bangkok. |
As always, first and last mojito in Bangkok are a "first class" mojito (mojito with sparkling wine) at El Gaucho in Soi 19 |
Home or away - the day would not be complete without the cartoon strips in the norwegian newspaper "Dagbladet" |
Breakfast at Stable Lodge. Copies of fresh danish and swedish newspapers. (but no regular norwegian ones) |
No reason to get homesick at Stable Lodge. (well, I very rarely get homesick anyway) |
Victory Monument. |
Wat Saket (Golden Mount) |
Some of the 330 plus steps to Wat Saket |
View from the Golden Mount |
Bells and steps at Wat Saket |
Almost there. It is hot like hell! |
Wat Phra Kaew and Grand Palace. The gold on the roofs gleaming in the sun |
Khao San Road revisited. Stayed here in 2002 and 2007. |
Tom Yam at Khao San Road |
Delicious angus steak at El Gaucho. But quite expencive! |
Moving on from Bangkok to Langkawi Malaysia. (via KL) |
Louis Tavern CIP Lounge at Suvanabhumi. My favourite airport lounge! Why? Because it has its own smoking lounge of course... |
Louis Tavern CIP Lounge at Suvanabhumi. My favourite airport lounge! Why? Because it has its own smoking lounge of course... |
Back "home" in Bangkok. Just returned from Kuching Malaysia |
Scandinavian style pate. Mind blowing selection of danish/norwegian open sandwiches. What a joy after 4 weeks in Asia! |
Norwegian language newspaper - in Thailand! |
The hotel staff made food offerings by the shrines at the entrance every morning. The hotel cats were not skinny! |
The pool. |
The pool. |
Danish signs at Stable Lodge |
Det er deilig å være norsk i Danmark! |
Songkran! |
Songkran |
Songkran |
No stay in Bangkok without "people watching" in Soi Cowboy! |
Songkran |
Shopping weapons is very easy during Songkran |
Songkran |
Viva Monsson Tapas bar in Soi 8 is well prepared for a wet Songkran evening |
You don' have to leave your room to have a good time. |
Shrines at the hotel entrance |
The restaurant/bar area |
The Erwan Shrine. Location of the August 2015 terrorist attack killing 20 innocent people. Not much damage to the shrine itself. |
By the Erewan Shrine. Location of the August 2015 terrorist attack killing 20 people. Not much damage to the shrine itself. |
Futuristic building near Sukumvit Road |
As always, first and last mojito in Bangkok are a "first class" mojito (mojito with sparkling wine) at El Gaucho in Soi 19. |
Mojito at the Cathay Pacific Lounge at Suvarnabhumi |
Waiting for departure from Bangkok in the Cathay Pacific B777 from Bangkok to Hong Kong |
Waiting for taxi clearance in the Finnair Airbus A350 from HKG to HEL |
On final at Helsinki Vantaa |
Short Final at Helsinki Vantaa. Still cold - but at least the snow has disappeared. |