Chapter 2 Part 1

Sitting on the plane, waiting for takeoff was quite exciting.  He had flown several times before but for me, it was my second time and the first for Honey.  She didn’t enjoy it like we did…she was stuck in her cage in the cargo hold, but being the awesome parents that we are, we made sure she had a huge dog bone to occupy her time.   

We had an 18 hour nonstop flight from Los Angeles to Bangkok, Thailand.  Crammed into the lovely economy class wasn’t that bad.  Why…we slept pretty much the whole way.  We’d hear the trays of food being passed around and wake up just long enough to eat before our heavy eyes shut again.  There were screens on the back of the headrest on the seat in front of us with plenty of movie selections to choose from.  It would have been wonderful to pass the time if we could have actually stayed awake for even a portion of the movie but sleeping ruled.  It’s a good thing we slept.  Coming from Louisiana it was 13 hours ahead so the shut eye helped us adjust.

We landed in Bangkok about 5:30 am (Thailand time), made our way to stand in line to get our passport stamped, and then went to find our luggage.  And there she was, in her cage anxiously waiting for us.  That tail was about all we heard for the next few hours until we were able to take her out.  It was wagging so much and hitting the cage nonstop.  She wanted out and who could blame her.  We had to fill out paperwork in the quarantine section for her and even though there was another couple in front of us, it still took a long time.  I think he was writing in slow motion.  He handed us the papers and we handed him money.  Then, we made our way to customs and handed them more money.  I wasn’t sure if we were ever gonna stop paying for her.  We already dished out plenty getting her ready to get there, but she’s daddy’s little girl and he wasn’t leaving her behind. 

Next came time to find a taxi…one that would let dogs into their vehicle.  Even though we had to negotiate the price for a bit, we found one that was quite helpful.  He took us to the tourist agency so we could find a hotel…a mistake on our part but being in such a huge city and having never been there before, we didn’t know where we could stay with the dog.  They found us one but we ended up having to pay twice the price for it…which we found out when we got to the hotel.  Good thing was that it was nice secluded bungalows offering just what we needed—peace and quiet.