Introduction
Ordinarily, I would only fly somewhere on holiday if it was hassle free.
By that, I mean:
With these criteria, Bhutan was never on my radar screen.
However, when a friend offered to arrange everything, I made an exception and signed up.
The Journey to Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Airlines, otherwise known as Drukair, operates a fleet of 2 Airbus A319s in a 20J 94Y configuration.
There is only one airport in Bhutan: Paro ( PBH ). Flights are timed to arrive and depart PBH in the morning.
The rest of the day, the airport is closed. When the sun heats up the valley, the resulting thermals make landing and take offs treacherous.
As a result, the flight leaves BKK at 0550h in order to arrive early morning in PBH.
I flew up the day before, spent the day shopping and eating, tried to get some sleep before our early departure.
We left our hotel ( Emporium Suites ) at 0330h. At that time of the day, the streets of BKK flowed smoothly and it took us 20 mins to get to the airport.
Check in was fast. Friends who'd been told us that only sandwiches were served on board so we looked for breakfast air side before boarding.
Actually, 2 meals are served on board! No need to eat before the flight.
Look at the time....
Ordinarily, I would only fly somewhere on holiday if it was hassle free.
By that, I mean:
- non stop or direct flights from SIN
- on SQ preferably
- no visa requirements ( or easy visa application process )
With these criteria, Bhutan was never on my radar screen.
However, when a friend offered to arrange everything, I made an exception and signed up.
The Journey to Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Airlines, otherwise known as Drukair, operates a fleet of 2 Airbus A319s in a 20J 94Y configuration.
There is only one airport in Bhutan: Paro ( PBH ). Flights are timed to arrive and depart PBH in the morning.
The rest of the day, the airport is closed. When the sun heats up the valley, the resulting thermals make landing and take offs treacherous.
As a result, the flight leaves BKK at 0550h in order to arrive early morning in PBH.
I flew up the day before, spent the day shopping and eating, tried to get some sleep before our early departure.
We left our hotel ( Emporium Suites ) at 0330h. At that time of the day, the streets of BKK flowed smoothly and it took us 20 mins to get to the airport.
Check in was fast. Friends who'd been told us that only sandwiches were served on board so we looked for breakfast air side before boarding.
Actually, 2 meals are served on board! No need to eat before the flight.
Look at the time....
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