Visa saga continues

So here we are in Bangkok, ready for action. NOT. Felt disgusting after the flight. Couldn't sleep so well after the first 7 hours... and so we were headed to the Indian Embassy in Bangkok.

We arrived there and there is a sign on the gate 'closed for Ghandi's birthday'.
What to do, what to do?

There was only one option so we did it. We made our way back up the road, with our suitcases, on a humid Bangkok day, to the post office. It was like being in an Indian post office. Noone could understand what we wanted, and tried to tell us that only US citizens could make out a money order...and then told us to go to the embassy...so helpful.

After some time we were shown up to the managers office... and many phonecalls were made, and then THEY told us that we should go to the embassy. Then they called and told us that the embassy was closed today. So helpful. Anyways, after such a long time we managed to let them let us go ahead with creating a money order for the visa's, and we posted the application, with a copy of the passport. I was ready to give anything a try.

We found a hotel for the afternoon and slumbered wearily while Jono & Linz went out on the town. Then it was time for some more walking with the cases and luggage through the backpacker streets of Bangkok, on our way to find some dinner and then onto the bus to the ferry terminal.

The first part of the bus ride we were highly entertained by some friendly UKians. Thankfully they fell asleep quite quickly, and then we tried to.. 10 hours later, we were at the ferry terminal, enjoying salad rolls. The best I've had in a long time. I'm not sure why I trusted it. But can you go wrong with bread, & cheese (which is taken from a fridge in front of your eyes), and tomato which you've seen being cut. the lettuce was the dodgy bit, but I think my stomach is used to bad things now, and it was such a nice meal. They had fed us lasagne for brekky the day before, and i couldn't stomach that, so it was quite nice to be eating something that was a bit more *standard*.

After some waiting for the sun to come up and a 2 hour ferry trip we were at our resort, and being greeted by the family who we hadn't seen for over 3 months:-)