Made It!!

We made it!! By the numbers, 3 flights, 3 flight delays, 2 hours sitting on the plane before takeoff due to lavatory problems, for a total of 15 hours on the plane from Toronto to Tokyo, 26 hours travel time, 30 hours between rack sessions, and two lost backpacks to arrive later Thursday evening. The time difference between here and Montreal time is 12 hours so I didn’t have to change my watch. Except now we are ahead of everyone back home. All you have to consider is if it is 10 in the morning at home it is 10 in the evening here or if it is 10 in the evening at home it is 10 in the morning on the following day. We left Montreal 9:00 am Tuesday morning and arrived in Bangkok 11:00 pm on Wednesday. Are we having fun yet? After a full American breakfast we hit the streets for our first walkabout. Very humid especially in long pants (shorts and sandals still in backpack). Walked to Chinatown, street food en masse as are the throngs of people. Tuk tuks, scooters and taxis everywhere. Saw our first monks dressed in orange garb. Birds in bamboo cages, fruit to nuts including toilet plungers side by side with Budda trinkets. Had Singha beers in a market bar by the river. 50 bahdt each or about $1.50. Water 25 cents, large Sprite 50 cents and 30 cents for Jennifer’s Indian orange and $1 for a medium bag of chips. Temples, temples and more temples. Didn’t go in any today as I’m sure we will have had our fill before all of this trip is complete. Took the water bus back to the hotel for 50 cents each where the girls at reception were all excited because our backpacks had been located and should be delivered by 8 pm. Sitting in this internet cafe making my first blog entry. $1.25 for an hour. On my second litre bottle Singha and feeling great! Until my next entry.....cheers!!!