Well we are here in Chiang Mai after an interesting bit of traveling over the past two days. Our 15-hour flight over the Pacific was not nearly as bad as I had expected it to be. Cathay Pacific is an amazing airline, and the in-flight entertainment was superb. I had never been on a B747 before. They feel like a flying city compared to what I am used to! I wondered if the thing was going to be able to lift off or not. On a B747, the sections and rows are arranged in such a way as to provide an 1/8-mile "track" to walk between all the sections, so I never felt cramped at all.
We landed in Hong Kong without incident and boarded our next flight to Bangkok in another B747. Unfortunately, after waiting on this plane in the 100-degree cabin for half an hour, we were told that engine #1 had problems and we had to evacuate the plane. We were marched a mile across the airport to another B747 and quickly took off for Bangkok. The airport in Bangkok is pretty far east of the city, so it was very uneventful landing there. But since we were so late in arriving after the plane switch in Hong Kong, our Thai Airways flight was about to take off even as we were landing on our flight from Hong Kong. The second we got off the plane in Bangkok, Thai Airways had four high-speed karts that sped us at breakneck speed across the airport where our plane to Chiang Mai had been held for a half an hour so that we might make the plane! After looking into the eyes of 200 perturbed passengers who were forced to wait for us, we took our seats and were on our way.
We are dying to eat breakfast right now so I will update with more traveling insights later!! Sa-wat dee crab for now!!
-JP-
Map of Thailand
We will be in Chiang Mai, in the northwest corner of the country
2 comments:
Hey Justin and Amy glad to hear from you guys!! So glad the flights went pretty smooth. I hope by now that you have had some much needed rest. You will be in my thoughts and prayers as always. Can't wait to read more about Thailand. bye for now. Love Mom
Glad to hear that you made it there safely...I bet that deep down even though those 200 passengers were giving you "the eye" you were just grateful to finally be on the LAST plane. I was wondering if you had met the Southeastern group that was to travel with you all yet? By any chance is there a Beth or Ben in the group? A prior co-worker of mine moved last year right when you guys were going to Texas because her husband had been accepted into Southeastern. How cool would that be if they were traveling with you guys. I had mentioned to her that she and her husband were going through the same transition as you and Amy were at the same time. Anyway, I hope your first days have been productive and safe. Love and Hugs to you both, Michele, Rodney, Dana & Aiden
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