This semester, Fridays are my worst days, as I have to teach for 5 hours. But today I didn't mind at all, since I knew that I was flying to Phuket tonight. Friday rushhours can be hell, but luckily traffic wasn't bad at all and we made it to the airport from school in only 30 minutes.
As I mentioned before, we had booked air tickets on Air Asia. I was curious to see what a "no-frills" Asian airline was like. It turned out to be not so bad at all. It's easy to see where they save money, though. There were no computers at the check-in counter. Instead, our names were checked off of a paper list. Ditto at the gate. The boarding passes are hand-written and seats are not assigned. Drinks and snacks are offered on the flight, but you have to pay for them.
But that's ok. My round trip ticket cost 1300 baht (less than US$40) so as long as they got me and my luggage to the Phuket airport in one piece, I am not going to complain.
There's nothing no-frills about our hotel, though. We figured that since we had saved so much money on the plane ticket, then we could splurge a little on the hotel. We were picked up at the airport by the hotel's private Mercedes taxi and taken to our final destination: Central Villas at Karon Bay. Of course, it was dark when we arrived, so we won't see the promised views of the beach until tomorrow.
