{"id":54,"date":"2025-10-07T06:48:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/?p=54"},"modified":"2025-10-19T03:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T03:41:48","slug":"getting-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/getting-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So first things first\u2026 Getting from Amsterdam to Bangkok was an adventure in itself and more than 24 hours door to door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Travel time \ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Airplane food \ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travel comfort \ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Views and excitement \ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guy next to me starting a conversation during an 8 hour flight \u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f\u2b55\ufe0f (minus 5 stars) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mum, Dad and Bas brought me to the airport and I was quite emotional saying goodbye. It is a long time to miss everyone! But I am also excited for the big adventure ahead, it is something I\u2019ve wanted to do since I was about 10 years old. Making <em>lil Ruby\u2122 <\/em>proud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4067.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For those unaware, Bessie is accompanying me on the trip, so you will see more of her<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First stop was from Amsterdam to M\u00fcnchen, Germany, which was not so bad. I had a cheeky Desperado during my 4-hour layover and mentally prepared for an 8-hour flight to Muscat, Oman.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The layover in Muscat was very short. It was my third time in this airport and it remains a strange subliminal space, more so than other airports. I had the full row to myself for the 6-hour flight to Bangkok so I got to have a good sleep!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4078.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4081.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4083.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"46\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4085.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4096.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4095.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"51\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4110.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"53\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4103.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4113.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So first things first\u2026 Getting from Amsterdam to Bangkok was an adventure in itself and more than 24 hours door to door. Mum, Dad and Bas brought me to the airport and I was quite emotional saying goodbye. It is a long time to miss everyone! But I am also excited for the big adventure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.weatherstone.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}