We are following our usual pattern when we have an early morning flight, by spending the night at a hotel near the airport tonight. Our flight to Yangon begins in Seattle this time. If you recall we sometimes drive to Vancouver, B.C. because international flights are often cheaper from there because of more competition.  For this trip I found the flights beginning in Seattle were just as competitive so we are leaving from here.  We have a short hop on Alaska Airlines to Vancouver, a 2 hour layover, then flights on China Southern  Airlines to Guangzhou, China and on to Bangkok, Thailand.  Although there were several options to get to Thailand, we chose to fly China Southern as the reviews of its service have been positive , plus we will be flying business class on a new 787 which is heck of an airplane.

Yes I know we are headed to Yangon, Myanmar but bad flight timing convinced me to simply spend the night in Bangkok with a mid-morning flight the next day to our ultimate destination, Yangon, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).  As it is we land at 11PM in Bangkok and there is a Novotel hotel at the Bangkok airport terminal. We will catch up on any lost sleep, eat a leisurely breakfast and catch our 1:45 PM flight to Yangon to begin our tour of Myanmar.