We've been stranded in Bangkok since yesterday morning. Fortunately, the airline contacted us to inform us of the flight cancellation before we were due to leave for the airport at the wee hours of Wednesday morning.
Some other travellers were not so lucky and had gone to the airport only to spend hours stuck in traffic and then only to have to turn back to their hotels. Some fellow Singaporeans had not even been informed by the airline and only decided also to not go to the airport when they realised they were on the same flight as us.
Although we're not on any tour, the Singapore tour agency we had booked our hotel room and airport transfer from have been very helpful to us. I can't say the same for any other authorities though. No one is telling us anything and the news is in Thai. All we can do is watch the pictures and see if the waves of yellow shirts are still hanging around. We have always loved the culture of Thailand and this experience isn't going to stop us from coming back. But for now, we need to find a way back home first.
What started as a blog about hand painted shoes has become an online journal for a simple working mother, in search of Food for the Heart, Body, Soul and Mind.
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hi, i'm jenlee, a journalist with The New Paper, Singapore. Can you please call me if you know of any singaporeans who are stuck at the airport itself? my number is +6592390029. thank you.
Hi Jen, sorry, I don't know of Singaporeans still stuck at the airport itself. I understand airport authorities have arranged transport to take tourists from the airport to city hotels. The Singaporeans and Malaysians we met are headed south either to Phuket, Haatyai or Penang. Some have left by train, some via mini vans, some via bus. Seats are being snapped up fast and people just want to inch nearer home even if it means 24 or 48 hours sitting on their butts. I'm here with my hubby and two kids. We're trying to make the most of the situation and soaking up the experience. It helps of course that we're staying at a nice service apartment in the city but a bummer that NTUC Income said they may not cover our extension expenses because this airport closure was due to 'rioting'! If the situation still doesn't change by tomorrow, we will head south too.
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