Finding the route…
Finding the route…
17 hours at Colombo airport, then Bangkok, halal food hunts, Wat Arun, the Grand Palace, Siam Amazing Park, Phuket and Phi Phi.
A full day at Bangkok's biggest amusement park: the Vortex suspended coaster (twice), the lion-mouth log flume, the giant wave pool, the halal food search, and the rides that were closed.
One of our best days in Bangkok: 344 steps up the Golden Mount, the dark history of Wat Saket, the Grand Palace in the midday heat, a 5-baht ferry and running out of baht at Wat Arun.
Finding halal food was the hardest part of Bangkok. Here's what worked: the Sooksiam food hall at ICONSIAM, halal octopus, checking street snacks, and the mistakes we made.
The whole route of my 2024 trip with Chachu Waleed: SriLankan Airlines via Colombo, Bangkok, AirAsia to Phuket, a boat to Phi Phi, on to Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Langkawi, and Eid ul Adha in Kuala Lumpur.
Lahore to Colombo on SriLankan Airlines, a visa desk that didn't work the way we were told, 17 hours inside Colombo airport, a $100 room we didn't take, and finally Bangkok.
