Sunday 6th August we left Auckland for Bangkok. It was a 12 hour flight, but we kept ourselves occupied with our personal TVs and I whiled away the time watching "Failure to Launch", "Mulan" and "Bambi", with episodes of Scrubs and Without a Trace thrown in for good measure. Arrived in Bangkok, which is a huge airport, and after hiking our way to immigration we collected our bags and headed to customs. Now I have to admit, I was expecting super-strict customs in the vein of Brokedown Palace or Bridget Jones II, but the guys standing at the red desk just laughed at us when we told them we had some food (mints) and medicines and sent us out the door. From there we met our package organiser who took us to our driver and off
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