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A wet morning in Luang Prabang<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Departure from Luang Prabang<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Climbing out, looking over the Mekong<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Climb-out from Luang Prabang<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\nI put the aircraft back together and called for clearance. It took an inordinately long time to receive clearance, which had me worried that we were going to be called back for another attempted shake-down, but eventually we were given the go-ahead to back-taxi down the runway, and took off with a slight left turn on course. We climbed through cloud, paying close attention to the terrain on the GPS, and were soon cruising south on top of a fluffy cloud layer, in bright sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n
Cloudy weather over Laos<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Cloudy weather over Laos<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Appropriate socks for the Husky Cafe<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Weather improves over northern Thailand<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Approaching Bangkok<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Approaching Bangkok<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\nWe’d departed a little early, so I kept the power low and flew slowly to Bangkok to try and pull a little closer to our planned arrival time. We droned down Thailand on autopilot, enjoying the views and some music over the intercom.<\/p>\n\n\n
Our destination airport, Don Mueang, was one of the busiest in Thailand. We were put into a holding pattern for 10 minutes while a parade of B737s and A320s from low cost carriers landed, before being vectored to the approach for runway 21L. We taxied past ranks of regional airliners, parking up on stand 4 opposite one of the M-Jets hangars.<\/p>\n\n\n
Holding north of Don Mueang<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Looking out towards Bangkok<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Large civic structures north of Bangkok<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Final approach to Don Mueang<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Final approach to Don Mueang<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Final approach to Don Mueang<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\nM-Jets collected us and drove us all the way down to the other end of the airport, where their “Private Jet Terminal” is. An immigration officer was there on site, and we breezed through and into a taxi in record time. Very easy, and also very good value considering the location; M-Jets are recommended! <\/p>\n\n\n
Yet another coconut<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Husky time!<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Meeting the Huskies<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\nWe were in a hurry to get downtown, as we had two tickets to “Truelove @ Neverland”. Despite sounding like some sort of Michael Jackson seemed brothel, this is in fact an animal cafe; with 20+ Siberian Huskies to meet and play with. We arrived early enough to walk to a local restaurant for lunch before our scheduled “playtime”. The facility was very impressive, with a large air-conditioned house for all the dogs to live in, and they were all beautifully groomed and healthy. The cafe has quite strict rules about how to interact with the dogs, for their safety (and of course that of the visitors). We spent a happy hour or so meeting the dogs before heading through the heavy Bangkok traffic to our hotel, out near the main airport, and a Dominos delivery for dinner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We left the hotel at 0630, to see Elsa off on her flight back to the US, after which I returned to the hotel and enjoyed another few hours of sleep. At check-out time I took a taxi to the Furama hotel, the same one I’d been staying at before, to be closer to Don Mueang airport for my 1030am departure the next day. The rest of the day was taken up by some flight planning, and dinner and shopping at the nearby Terminal 21 mall. The following day, I’d be heading south again, making ground once more on the route around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n