so yesterday karlene and i began the adventure of a lifetime... we awoke at 3:00am Sunday to go to the airport, and didn't leave airplanes/ports for another 30 hours when we arrived in bangkok at 11:30pm monday evening. we travelled so many different time zones, over 10 000 miles (!) and it was day light the whole way. crazy!!
i (becki) cried like a little baby through customs and it made me thankful to know such wonderful people that it was hard to say goodbye. i have since stopped crying, for the record.
a little recount of our airport experience: by the time we thought about writing anything down, we were feeling quite charming with fuzzy teeth, stiff necks, and backsides that had lost any feeling hours ago. the airplane food was all beginning to look like it was all cooked from one main ingredient: pasty mush. but we kept our humour up making various airport friends and inventing a new routine called 'airplane yoga'. it was while i was in the Crane position (think Karate Kid) by the airplane bathrooms that i started getting funny looks from people and decided to stick with the stretches listed in the airplane magazine.
clearly this yoga did little to improve my incredible coordination because, as i was writing, i managed to wipe out (yes, i was sitting) and grab the thigh of the guy sitting next to me. i was a little embarrassed but we both giggled and so i think it's okay. if not, i only had to sit by him for another... 6 hours or so.
anyway, now karlene and i are in a little internet cafe with a semi-vicious dog on the loose. karlene feels very comfortable with that, let me assure you. we just spent the morning wandering bangkok and ate the most delicious pad thai you could imagine for about one dollar.
i think i am definitely going to like this place.
so the writing on this screen that is all in thai, so i hope i can post this properly. i love you all and hope you stay warm and wonderful
smooches!