Ilga kelione per lopus / Everybody have you don't have

Sawatdee Khrab! Kelione i Tailanda buvo beprotiska lopu deka. Kelioniu agentura, kurios puslapyje uzsisakiau lektuvo bilieta, kelias dienas pries isskrendant siunte emailus su vis naujais skrydzio laikais. Galu gale paskutinis emailas nurode tiesiogiai susisiekti su avialinijomis arba skristi is Tamil Nadu sostines Chennai, i kuria lektuvo bilieto nenusipirksi, o traukinys vaziuoja net 13 valandu. Indian Airlines lopai niekaip nesugebejo rasti mano pavardes keleiviu sarase ir, aisku, patare kreiptis i ta pacia agentura. Suprates, kad telefonu susitarti nepavyks nusipirkau nauja bilieta i Mumbaju ir isskridau aiskintis santykiu:)

Mumbajaus tarptautiniame orouoste aiskinimasis uztruko keleta valandu, vaikstant koridoriais pirmyn atgal, laukiant prie dedziu su automatais, nenorinciu ileisti i vidu be bilieto. I Bangkoka bilieta ta pati vakara pavyko gauti uz dyka, nes mano originalus skrydis is Chennai buvo atsauktas. Galvojau - problemos issprestos, Bangkokas kiseneje. Bet tai buvo tik pradzia. Dar Mumbajuje nenorejo isleisti is salies neturint Tailando vizos. Vel nuobodus aiskinimas, kad Lietuva tikrai Europos Sajungoje ir viza 15 dienu galiu gauti orouoste Tailande.

'Smagioji' dalis lauke nusileidus. Atstovejau milziniska eile prie muitines stalo. Pareigunai Tailande griezti ir bjaurus. Lopas, zvilgtelejes i mano anketa, tuoj pat puole kabinetis - kur bilietas is salies? kur apsistosi? Bandziau pasakyti, kad nezinau, kur apsistosiu (reikejo paskambinti pazistamui is Goa Deividui, kuris sedejo salose jau savaite), o lektuvo bilieto i Australija kopija gulejo kuprineje, kuria galejau atsiimti tik praejes patikrinima, turint Tailando viza. Niekas manes neklause:) Bandant issiimti pinigu visi bankomatai spjove kortele atgal (Bank of Ireland del mano saugumo ja uzblokavo savo iniciatyva, kai nusipirkau bilietus Indijoje). Isgelbejo juodai dienai laikyti doliariai. Po ilgo rekimo, gincu, naujo bilieto kopijos isspausdinimo, skambucio pazistamui lopas pagaliau uzdejo viza ir as pagaliau palikau Bangkoko orouosta!

That's what Thai migration officer in Bangkok airport kept telling me. I didn't have copy of my ticket to Australia (the copy was in backpack I could collect only with Thai visa in my passport) and I wasn't sure where I'll be staying in Koh Phangan. It took me few hours and a lot of shouting, arguing and energy finally to get visa. Plus I couldn't use my card to withdraw money, the guys in Bank of Ireland decided to bloc it:)

Leaving India wasn't easy too. Had to buy new ticket to Mumbai and again it took some time and effort to get a ticket to Bangkok same day without paying (originally bought the ticket ages ago through agency but they fucked up flight times and customer service in India is not the best one). But now I could say I know back corridors of Mumbai international airport quite well:) Finally they wouldn't let me out of country without Thai visa, it took some time but they agreed that Lithuania is in Europe Union and we can get visa on arrival.

Spent just a day in Bangkok waiting for night bus to Koh Phangan. Very modern and massive city. Huge shopping centres, skyscrapers but the side streets full with cosy cafes and restaurants serving cheap and very tasty food. David - the guy who was staying in Asvem, Goa already a week in Koh Phangan found a nice sandy beach (the beaches in island are quite rocky in general) Mae Had with brilliant snorkeling. Gonna stay here few days.

Bangkoke praleidau tik diena laukdamas autobuso i Koh Phangan. Modernus bei svarus centras, blizgantys prekybos centrai ir dangoraiziai. Ten pat mazos salutines gatveles pilnos jaukiu kavinukiu ir valgyklu, siulanciu pigu ir superskanu maista. Koh Phangan saloje dauguma papludimiu akmenuoti, bet Deividas po keliu dienu rado nebloga smeleta papludimi Mae Had su sone besidriekianciu rifu plotu. Beje, ziauriai karsta, o naktimis cikados zviegia kaip pjaunamos sirenos, man patinka:)