One Bag of Tears

So we did it. We've cleared the first "true backpacking" test. We've made it to Bangkok after 36 hours of travel. The trip from our doorstep to the Edmonton airport was flawless. The 6 hour holdover in Vancouver turned into 8 hours with our delayed Air China connection. We passed the time with naps, cards, Nintendo DS and a lot of tag with Levi. The longest leg of the commute was the flight to Beijing. Thankfully the newer plane had some modern ammeniteis (aka individial movies) that helped us pass the time. I was really impressed with the food and service on Air China. This was the start of my "adventure eating" as the Pork with Rice was a very tasty load of what looked like bacon fat.

 

We arrived in a relatively empty Beijing airport and were hurried through the many protocols they have; including having our temperature taken by infrared camera. We hit the tarmak just in time to board the final leg to Bangkok.

 

Arriving in Bangkok went well other than Quinn's missing backpack. She was really shaken by this but I think we've convinced her that this is "normal" and that stuff like this is "all part of the adventure".

 

The kids have been real troopers and have made us very proud. We are just heading for our first breakfast - something they call "American Breakfast". The rest of the day will be spent getting to and finding a suitable guest house for the whole family - likely on Koh Sahn road.

 

Greg