With the recent closure of Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports, which left thousands stranded, a foreign national whose wife hails from Prasat chose an interesting route to get home to see his family in Prasat.
Young handsome Jonnie Brad a.k.a. Brad a.k.a. YHJB, was stuck in Saudi Arabia with his last paid leave of the year ticking away by the hour. He had booked a flight with a Middle Eastern airline which was due to land on Thursday 27th November.

As the airports were unfortunately closed his mind raced for an alternative, he did not want to spend the rest of his holidays waiting in a departure lounge. He checked the availability of flights to Kuala Lumpur, and then contacted his friends at the Leelawadee Gardens, who put him touch with a travel agent in Nong Khai.

He found that he could get a connecting flight from KL to Siem Reap in Cambodia, this left him about 180Km south of the Chong Chom / Osmach border. He contacted the Leelawadee Gardens again, who put him in touch with the Sydney Angkor hotel in Siem Reap. They not only offered YHJB accommodation with free airport pick-up, but helped him with arranging his taxi to the Thai / Cambodian border.

Unfortunately his bags failed to appear on the luggage carousel, now he had another dilemma, wait around for his bags to turn up & waste more precious holiday time, or write off the suitcases, and get back to Prasat. After much thought, he gave it almost 48hrs, and decided that if no luck on the bag horizon came, he would just have to smell like a water buffalo’s sports bag.

So to conclude his adventure YHJB, got to Prasat midday on Monday the 1st of December, being picked up at Chong Chom by the Leelawadee Gardens. In all, his detour cost him an extra 75000B, but as he would tell you it was money well spent, just so he could be re-united with his family, for 10 days.