Exit Seats are Awesome

After 27 hours of traveling we arrived at the Wendy House (www.wendyguesthouse.com) around 2:30am (12:30pm PST). I was able to get exit row seats on both my flights, which really made them quite comfortable. When will United upgrade their 1975 in-flight movie system? They have these tiny bubble TVs playing VHSs with severe tracking problems. Get it together United.

The room here at Wendy House possibly could be the best we see on the trip--private bath w/toilet, A/C, two beds, and a nice breakfast in the morning all for $15/person/night. Aaron wimped out and got the Western breakfast. I got noodles in a broth with a little chicken. It was good, but not great. I'm already hungry for some authentic Pad Thai from a street vendor.

Aaron has a friend who's lived in Thailand for 2 years, so we're going to meet up with him this evening. Hopefully he'll show us some fun places tonight. Before that though we're going to check out some of the many temples (one has a 15 ft. tall solid gold buddha) and markets. So much to see and so little time. It's going to be hard to leave without having seen everything, but I'm sure I'll have that feeling everywhere. You just can't see it all.

Weather is extremely humid and about 82 degrees. I'll try to post pictures soon. We should probably get going though.

I should be able to post again tomorrow morning. Lah gom!

I Hope I Don't Get Trampled by an Elephant

Welcome to my first ever blog of any kind. I think this will make things easier, and the beauty of a blog is that you visit only if you're interested, rather than me filling up your inbox with mass emails you may slowly grow to blame all your problems on.

Perhaps it's jinxing me to say it, but I really hope I don't lose my new digital camera or my iPod. On my last major trip (Spain with my parents in 2001) I somehow managed to lose both my camera and my mom's camera. I wouldn't bring my iPod but I need it to back up my photos as I go...in case I lose my camera. I suppose I'll be moderately happy to return with at least one of these two costly electronic devices. I think I have a good shot at making that happen.

That's enough out of me for today. I'm off to go pack everything last minute and carelessly lay my plane tickets somewhere that will assure me a frantic search and subsequent late arrival to the airport tomorrow morning.

I'm nervous, scared, excited, and looking forward to some awesome Pad Thai.