No worries.

Two suggestions:

1) when you’re checking in for your flight in the UK, the airline may check to make sure you have an outbound ticket from Thailand 30 days later, since you won’t be using a visa. So, if you already know where you’re going to after/between Thailand flights, have that ticket confirmation easy to find on your phone. (Or print it out so you can just hand the check-in counter a copy.)

2) If you’re going to be flying in and out of Bangkok, check out LEO Self Storage. Their Chinatown location is near a lot of great cafes and restaurants, and also just a few minutes walk from the train station. LEO offers bag and locker/room storage, but they also have really inexpensive container boxes, about $5 a month, that are about the size of a checked bag, which they store in racks in an air conditioned room. That can wind up being much less expensive (and less stressful) than checking a bag on a round trip flight, and it’s also a great way to free up space in the luggage you *are* carrying, to make room for souvenirs and gifts to take home. Personally, I’m gradually building a box of stuff I can just leave in Thailand year-round instead of carrying it all back and forth on planes. And that makes it feel even more like I’m just coming home when I return to Bangkok. (The staff at LEO is also really nice, and they have some awesome local food advice.)

That feeling when you expected to be welcomed like the fabulous god you are, but first you have to fill out paperwork just like everybody else . . .

The Siam Lanna Guesthouse has one family suite that’s two connected bedrooms. I think it’s this one:

It’s up a flight of stairs, though.

The Siam Lanna Guesthouse has one family suite that’s two connected bedrooms. I think it’s this one:

It’s up a flight of stairs, though.

“What the f*ck is that??? Bob, do you see this thing in this guy’s suitcase? No, no, I don’t give a crap about the heroin. No, no, not the weed either. No, not the strap-on with all the tentacles. No, *that.* Right? Jesus. I know. Are you gonna be ok? Do you need a bucket? Ok? Ok. So, do we, like, have to arrest him for all that other stuff or can we just shoot him right now?”

And that, right there, is why you *never* buy durian coffee in the duty-free and stick it in your carry-on. Customs don’t play.

@Luke ******

omg, is *that* why there are so many British lads walking around Chiang Mai with no shirts lately?

Actual footage of me using those extra 1.7 seconds to get to my favorite khao soi place before they sell out.

@Will ***********

they should totally do this for cooking schools. If your khao soi isn't up to Chiang Mai levels, they should deport you to New York or Italy with this pizza in your luggage:

@George ********

it doesn't, but the Ling app does, and has a similar feel

Maybe ask if they can do any of the classes virtually. That way, you’d still be spending four hours a week learning, but you wouldn’t be spending time commuting back and forth to a classroom. So there’d be less of a hit to your productivity.