Zài Jiàn China, Sawat Dii Thailand
Despite the announcements that came on every few minutes (I guess once just wasn't enough) during our China Eastern flight from Shanghai to Bangkok saying "we are experiencing air turbulance, please use the bags provided if you feel air sick", we made it safely and with our puke bags still unused. It was a long day though, or actually a long couple of days, since we hadn't been getting much sleep between finishing work, packing, farewell meals and goodbyes.
Yesterday morning was of course a mad dash to get everything packed up or given to the right people (it's amazing what you can accumulate in just 2 months!). Fortunately Eric is moving into our room so we could just leave some things there for him. We said our final goodbyes to some of the students and then Wendy came with us to the airport, dressed in her beautiful new dress and shoes! It was a difficult goodbye, but we know we'll see her again, hopefully when she gets a chance to visit the States. But as Michael said, she may just explode from seeing so many new things (she gets really excited about things).
Thank you to all of our new friends in China, we'll miss you all a lot! And thank you also for the beautiful gifts, and to Eric for the most beautiful gift of all--the Gi dan gua bing was perfect, especially because our meals on the plane were strange to say the least.
So we arrived last night at 1:00 AM Bangkok time, which is an hour behind China time. Everything was super easy--we got our visa right there at immigration, found our luggage and hopped in a taxi to Suk 11, one of the coolest guesthouses we ever been to. It's a little pricier than other backpacker places here, but at about $18 for a clean, big double room including a nice breakfast, we think it's worth it. We slept really well, and today we're just going to take it easy, look into getting our visas for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, wander around a bit and maybe find a book store. We've haven't really seen much of anything yet, but our first impressions of Bangkok and Thailand are definitely positive and we're excited to be here!
We'll probably be here for at least another 3 days as we get our visas sorted and figure out our next plans.
So happy to hear you arrived safely, and are getting a chance to rest up! love you both, your sissypoo
Detto (natürlich ohne sissypoo!) - außerdem würde mich noch interessieren, was ein Gi dan gua bing ist.
Bussi, Henni
Hey big spenders, when did you decide to turn this into a luxury tour? You will be spoiled forever with regard to travel costs here! Love, Papa.
Peace Wendy!
Hope to meet you someday, you look and sound like a pistol.
Peace Out Moose
Jetzt muss ich mich ja richtig genieren, dass ich eure Fotos (bzw. die Titel dazu) so wenig im Kopf hab' - danke für den Link!!!
Bussi, Henni
Check out the Jim Thompson House - a bit touristy but I really enjoyed my visit :). Enjoy Bangkok and eat lots of street food!
The comment button worked again - what a nice surprise! Let's hope the post button works too!
That guesthouse sounds really good!
We hope by this evening the e-mail will work again too!
We love you!
Sanna/Mama and David
p.s. Liebe Henni, vielen Dank fur die telefonischen Geburtstagsgrusse! Bussi, Sanna
Happy 30th birthday Moose! Sorry it's a little late. -Michael & Megan
Does this mean I can hold a conversation with you two in Chinese? Fun!
we sent you 2 e-mails today please let us know if it worked
Hey Mike! Hows it going? Looks like your having a great time! We're going to be checking into Suk 11 on Sunday the 15th, will you still be there? If so give me an email. We're in Bali now, very nice!
Hello everyone! We're back in Bangkok after a few days in Kanchanaburi. We're headed out to the weekend market, but we'll be back this afternoon to write an update and hopefully post some pictures. Mama-we got both emails, but when I tried to reply it just bounced back again, saying your mailbox is full. Did you get the g-mail info we sent to Lexa?