Bangkok to Loei Trip with Air Asia!

Today we left home for a trip to Loei where we are visiting family and for the first time we are flying from Bangkok to Loei with Air Asia.

Air Asia is one of the low-cost airlines going to Loei.

Bangkok to Loei Trip with Air Asia!

I woke-up a bit earlier than usual today to do my 40-minute exercises because where we are going, there is no Fitness room and equipment. This was a good way to start the day and have a cold coffee to be completely awake. I didn't do my walk, which I can do later anywhere.

We prepared 3 small bags so we don't have to check-in any luggage, and I brought my veggie juice to drink at the airport.

In my previous travel posts last week I complained about how I didn't like to use Taxis because often drivers are speeding too much or you get a smelly car, which make us sick when we arrive at destination. Not to mention that we often feel unsafe using them.

So, we used the Grab app to call a private car, you can see who the driver is, there is a rating and the price is given before you select the car and the driver accepts the drive. It is a bit more expensive than using a Taxi, but I am glad to report, after the second time we use the service, that this is exactly what we needed. Cars are in good condition, the drivers are polite and drive safely.

If you want to use the service, see this: https://www.grab.com/th/en/car

Usually, when we go to Loei to visit my parents in law I drive, and below you can see the map of the journey by car. We always stop at Petchabun for the night in a hotel because the last hundred kilometers are very difficult in the mountain, and the last time I did the trip in one day, I was exhausted.

This time we fly to Loei and it is the first time.

Air Asia is a low-cost airline so we have to go to the Don Mueang International Airport, which is not far from home.

They had breakfast at the airport and I had my juice.

There are quite a few places to eat on the second floor.

There was not too many people this morning at Don Mueang.

This is the Air Asia counter at the airport if you need to buy your ticket. We had everything ready, including our boarding passes, printed from the website.

Air Asia is cheap and I have used them on several occasions.

There are only 2 flights per day to Loei with Air Asia.

This is the hall after we went through the luggage check and we had to walk quite a long way to reach the gate.

A nice store.

Many restaurants along the way.

An "Amazing Thailand" airplane!

This is our plane, an Airbus A320.

The trip is only 55 minutes according to this map.

We boarded at 10:00 a.m., took off at 10:30 a.m. and arrived at 11:45 a.m.

The red circle indicates or final destination.

We didn't get 3 seats in a row.

This time, I felt really cramped in my seat…

… with my knees touching the seat in front of me.

This was the view I had during the flight.

Apparently, they have seats with more space at the front of the plane, but they are more expensive. I don't remember of seating like this in my previous flights with Air Asia, maybe I had a more expensive seat. For a one hour flight this was all right, but I can't imagine seating like this 3 hours…

That's the small Loei Airport.

You have to walk to the building a short distance.

That's the small room where you collect your luggage.

We had a cousin picking us up at the airport and we went to his home for lunch.

He prepared for us some delicious Thai food that my wife enjoyed, but it was a bit too spicy for me.

I had several meat balls.

This cousin gave us the keys of his car so we can continue our trip to Ban A Hi located at about 62 kilometers from Loei, in the mountain and near the Lao border.

That's the map of the trip by car.

Finally we arrived at my parents in law's house at about 3:00 p.m.

This is where Ban A Hi is located, just at the Lao border.

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