The unexpected journey

Thursday, and our last night in Bangkok before flying to Phnom Penh. Our hotel was a fifteen minute drive to the airport. We had arranged a wake up call for 04:30 and would take the free bus service to the Bangkok International Airport.
Our bellies were full, we'd managed to do some laundry' which was hanging on the balcony drying, and we were laid in the huge bed of our spacious, clean and air conditioned room. I nodded off to sleep listening to another update on the Blade Runner's arrest, suspected of murdering his model girlfriend.
I was woken up at 01:30. Blair had found a serious flaw in our seemingly flawless plan. There were two airports in Bangkok, the 'old' airport. Our flight was from this 'old' airport that was North of the city. It appeared to be at least an hours drive. He had only realised during a conversation with you Mike....thank you so much for calling, you saved us a flight!
Thank God we had packed the night before. We only had booked one bag to check in, so we had organised toiletries and the collection of clothes appropriately.
We checked out downstairs, cancelled our wake up call and enquired as to the quickest way to get across Bangkok. The staff informed us that the only way to get across to the other airport was by taxi so the receptionist cycled of to flag one down. A few minutes later we were in a taxi with a woman taxi driver; the first we had seen.
We stopped at an ATM and she stopped at MGV, she was running low on gas. It was as she was filling up I noticed gurgling noises. Blair told me that is was literally gas that she was filling the car with, not petrol. He joked about how bad it would be if we were in a car accident, then proceeded to make explosive sounds and hand gestures that all boys learn how to make at the age of three. This was doing nothing to calm my nerves about our situation; were we going to make the flight?!
This little woman, who, according to her registration documents was a man (nobody here had the correct details on their registration cards, and their photos bore no resemblance whatsoever!) was not shy at all! To quote Blair after we arrived at the airport in no more than thirty minutes "she was pretty rapid!".
So, panic averted. We now had three hours to kill before boarding. So we lounged around and used the rest of our baht on breakfast. We merged the best of Eastern and Western cuisine; sashimi and gyoza followed by...Krispy Kreme glazed donughts and coffee. We were definitely all set for our first month away in Cambodia