Thailand again

Back in Chiang Mai. From Fukuoka flights here cost $700-1000, as opposed to $500 for Bangkok. Seemed like a lot for an extra 1000km/1:15 of flight time. I suspected that once I was in Thailand, things would get cheaper as usual. Kevin agreed and told me to just buy a ticket at the airport.

So I got through immigration and customs (completely walked by it actually, without any check whatsoever- They seemed to have other things on their minds) and went up to the domestic departures area. Bought a ticket from Air Asia for the next flight out...for 45 dollars, $60 with tax! Unbelieveable. It was like buying a bus ticket. But cheaper.

So if you go to Thailand, and that beautiful remote little beach is so much more expensive to get to than the nearest smog filled city, don't even worry about it, just deal with it once you're here, in the pricing twilight zone.