Due to a poor global economy and a lack of tourism around the world, I have been finding these amazing deals to very appealing destinations lately.  A few years ago, flying across the world would set you back over $1000.  Now, if you look close enough and get in on the deals in time, you can get to the same DESTINATION for around $400-$800.  Right now, you must be thinking that I work for CONTIKI TOURS or something.  No man, I’m just trying to share with you what is out there.

Unfortunately, these cheap flights are in no way first class.  The planes themselves are in decent condition, but you most likely will endure multiple stops with long layovers before you get to your destination.  At then end of last year, we went to Buenos Aires for $550.  But that came with a 14-hour layover in Mexico City.  That wasn’t so bad because we left the airport and checked into a hotel.  It’s the five-hour layovers that hurt.

For the most part, there’s nothing better than getting away from Los Angeles.  Sure I’m in love with the shiny shirts, the “HILLS” wannabes, and the assorted variations of world class CUISINE that come with LA, but once in a while, I feel the urge to get out of town.   And despite the long grueling flights, endless layovers, and people sneezing their nasty mouth molecules on me, there is nothing like finally arriving.

The video below shows tidbits of the 31-hours we spent getting to a remote island in Thailand earlier this month.  We started off at LAX and took a flight to Taipei.  We had a 3 hour layover in Taipei and got on our connecting flight to Bangkok, Thailand.  Three hours later we got to Bangkok but had a 5 hour layover until we could get onto another flight to Krabi.  The flight to Krabi wasn’t so bad since I completely passed out.  Then finally arriving to Krabi, we had to take a one and a half hour bus ride to some restaurant where we hopped on a boat that took us to Railay Bay.

You can really see the fatigue in our faces, but for me, I prefer taking the road less traveled.