Thailand & Cambodia - Days One and Two - In the air
Day one, leaving London on the late Air China flight from Heathrow to Bangkok via Beijing. A trip I had anticipated for a while. The prospect of seeing Angkor Wat that I had missed on two previous trips to the Far East, and an attempt to catch up with one of the most enigmatic of waders, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper.
Perhaps only 200 breeding pairs remain of Spoon-billed Sandpiper, but wintering grounds in Thailand have proved to be a reliable site for them in recent years with up to four individuals present at the Pak Thale salt pans. It all sounds rather straight-forward in Times New Roman but proved to be rather more challenging to find them in the field.
As for Angkor Wat, another of my dream targets, so to combine all this into a week was going to really good fun.
The B777-300ER flight out to Beijing left without any fuss and bother, but I was prepared for a five hour connection at PEK for the second sector that eventually arrived into BKK at 00:08 on Sunday morning. This was a journey that spanned three consecutive days. It was tiring but it was great being back in Thailand again.
Perhaps only 200 breeding pairs remain of Spoon-billed Sandpiper, but wintering grounds in Thailand have proved to be a reliable site for them in recent years with up to four individuals present at the Pak Thale salt pans. It all sounds rather straight-forward in Times New Roman but proved to be rather more challenging to find them in the field.
As for Angkor Wat, another of my dream targets, so to combine all this into a week was going to really good fun.
The B777-300ER flight out to Beijing left without any fuss and bother, but I was prepared for a five hour connection at PEK for the second sector that eventually arrived into BKK at 00:08 on Sunday morning. This was a journey that spanned three consecutive days. It was tiring but it was great being back in Thailand again.
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| Great views across the pavement areas at PEK - Air China Boeing 747-8 |
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