We are in the middle of DONE5. From Bangkok we took a side trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thinking this is only a side trip we left our large bag at a left luggage place at the Bangkok terminal. We then proceeded to check in, were made to pay a departure tax of 500 bahts per person, and boarded the place. On May 21 we are flying back to Bangkok to pick up our flight to Hongkong and Auckland. The problem is if in Bangkok we go into the transit lounge, we can't get out to retrieve the bag. If we go thru immigration, customs, retrieve the bag, we have to pay the departure tax all over again.

Does any one with more experience have any creative idea of how to solve this problem??

Ken Kotecha