Day 0. Fly to Siem Reap
It was a long trip flying from San Francisco to Siem Reap. I booked the two-stop ticket through United Airlines, and did not need to get my check-in luggage in the middle of the trip. SFO to Hong Kong The flight was scheduled to depart around 11pm. After the airplane was taxing on the runway, one passenger felt ill, so the plane went back to the gate to drop that person off. After one hour delay, we took off and landed in Hong Kong at around 6 am. Transfer in Hong Kong was very smooth. Since I already had the boarding pass, I only needed to scan my passport and went to a short security check. Within 30 minutes, I was at the gate of my 9:30am flight to Bangkok. Hong Kong to Bangkok A meal was served on the short 3-hr flight to Bangkok, which was nice. We arrived at Bangkok at 11:30am. In Bangkok airport, it took me a while (and a long walk) to find Bangkok Airways transfer desk to get my boarding pass. The nice thing was that Bangkok Airways offers free access to their lounge. I ha...