Having left London at 10:05 GMT on the upstairs floor of the flying bar (aka Quantas 3502), I arrive in Bangkok 11 hours later.
Unfortunately the stopover in Bangkok airport (scheduled to be 5 hours) ends up being 6 hours.
Despite the great snacks in the waiting lounge (sticky rice cooked in banana leaves; banana, taro (dasheen) and pumpkin cooked in butter – yep, slightly weird but tasty, see below) this is an inauspicious start to my travels.
Sticky rice cooked in banana leaves
Banana, Taro and Pumpkin cooked in butter
I finally arrive at ChiangMai at 11:00 pm (Thai time), 18 hours after I started – excited but exhausted.
Greedy Gyal 
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