Starting gate

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Gate 1 Don Muang Bangkok (no I know it says Im in Sabah) 4:30pm.
Someone decided to hurl animals from the sky as there are cats, dogs, elephants and assorted creatures bouncing off the tarmac to the sound of sharp crashing thunder accompanied with brilliant flashes of lightning.The runway approx 200m away is barely visible in the tropical downpour that's squatting over the airport.I'm watching aircraft taking off and landing trailing huge plumes of water and thinking that perhaps we're going to be delayed (I'm hoping so!) and we are, by about one hour.
At the same time Im thinking about my girlfriend who's in Europe for a month and also the silly things that I miss about her - things like the floppy hats she wears and the way she walks with her pinkies out.
Arrived around 9:30pm BKK time get into "Vincents" mini van and I'm off to Tropicana lodge. Basic but handy dorm beds, fan for 20RM night inc "breakfast" It'll do.

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