Thailand Update #1 – Team Arrives Safely
From YWAM UMWinnipeg staff member, Lindsey Ainsworth:
Hey all! We just wanted to let you know that we have arrived safely, despite a lost passport (then found) and several other minor mishaps on the way. My first time on Korean Air was slightly disappointing due to the false advertising regarding personal t.v. screens (on an 11-hour flight it’s kind-of a big deal), but was otherwise good. The food was quite tasty, including the seaweed soup I had as part of one meal. It took a little getting used to, but by the end I absolutely loved it!
The Korean airport is huge, and I’m looking forward to spending almost a whole day there on the way back. It even has a place to do free cultural crafts!
Thailand is interesting. I keep getting confused because there are so many things similar to Uganda and Nigeria, and yet some pretty significant differences. It’s weird, but I’m sure I’ll adjust in time. The heat and humidity is icky, as anticipated. Today we did a Temple tour in Bangkok, which was very interesting. Those temples sure are beautiful, if nothing else! And on the way there we got to take a bus, train, and boat. How exciting is that? Oh, and the food here is good, but it’s another thing that’s throwing me off since it is similar to food at many Asian restaurants in Canada and I’m used to the food being really different when I go overseas.
The team seems to be doing fine, although jetlag definitely has a hold on us still. I think our big mistake was sleeping on the flight from Seoul to Bangkok, which got into Bangkok at around midnight. It meant we all woke up really early, and napped the next day, and so the cycle has continued. It was pretty funny, actually, this morning when we were asking how everyone slept… pretty much all of us slept until around 2 and then just dozed after that. And tonight we’re taking a bus to Chiang Mai, which probably won’t help much. Oh well.
Talk to you all soon!
January 18th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Thanks so much for the update! Can’t wait to hear how the time in Chiang Mai is.