I think that it is possibly the first time in my travelling life that I have been delayed when I have 1. a deadline and 2. cannot do much about the cause of the delay! So I guess really that I should consider myself lucky that after two years of turtling round the world this is the first time.
It's coming up to Christmas, my travel buddy extraordinnaire is on a Thai island and I am in north Malaysia. Terrorism in southern Thailand and flooding in both southern Thailand and northern Malaysia up to 1.5m deep have conspired to prevent me travelling as planned by bus over the border to said Thai island. So now after much hoo-ing, haa-ing and hmm-ing with fellow stranded travellers, I have booked my sorry arse on a budget asian flight; no I lie, make that two budget asian flights. Backwards the way I came to Kuala Lumpur and then forwards again to Phuket... and then of course the ferry ride that I also need to take from Phuket. Oh hooray.
So it's still touch and go, but I hope to be where I want to be for Christmas and New Year instead of where I don't want to be muttering "b'ah humbug" to anyone that will listen!
Oh and by the way, Merry Christmas to those lucky souls who will be where they want to be!
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