How do you spell "fowl"?

Day 2 - Bangkok (Thailand) to Doha (Qatar)

Breakfast was included with our room and fortunately at the airport hotel in Bangkok it starts at 3am, so we were able to caffeinate properly before taking the shuttle to the airport for a 5:30am check in (this is nowhere as bad as it sounds as our bodies were still operating on Aussie time).

We landed in Doha late morning local time, seeing a sea of white from the plane's windows. White ground, white buildings, a city of white. Our hotel was right next to the Souk Waqif so while we waited for our room to be prepared we watched the Arab ladies returning from their shopping, delivery men following behind pushing old wheelbarrows filled with their purchases into the glamorous looking reception area.

Our room was ready after waiting in the lobby for a couple of hours, which wasn't too bad given that the place was full. We had a spacious apartment with a kitchen, so after getting organised we ventured out to explore the local area and do some shopping. The souk didn't seem very busy, we thought it may have been because it was New Year's Day, though later we found out that the souk closes for a few hours in the early afternoon.

By the time we returned from our shopping we were pretty tired, we hadn't quite synced with the local time zone so had a basic dinner in our room before having an early night.

Spelling is important kids!

Sleepy New Year

Day 1  - Melbourne (Australia) to Bangkok (Thailand)

We had a civilised afternoon flight so after finishing packing and a visit to our local café for a last Australian quality flat white we found ourselves twiddling our thumbs until it was time to head to the airport.

The flight was uneventful (which is exactly what you want) and we landed in Bangkok around 8pm local time on New Year's Eve. It would have been great to head to the river to see the celebrations and fireworks but by the time we checked in to the airport hotel it was after midnight Australian time. We were very tired and had a very early start the next day, so it was off to bed instead of seeing in the New Year.