READY, SET TO GO! My two little bags are packed to the max. I have all my money (dollars and baht), drivers license, passport, divers certification card and credit cards in my money belt. Disposable paperback books tucked in my bag. And it's 2:30 PM. Can't print my boarding passes for my Medford to Portland leg of the trip until after 5:30 today.
So I'm letting you all know I will be incomuticato for the next three weeks after this post. I'm not even taking a cell phone! Traveling light - but bright - my LL Bean backpack is as bright pink as one can get! Thanks to my sis I also have one of those neat little suitcases with wheels and a extendable handle - it is a modest navy blue but I've added a neon orange tag with my name on it and a salmon pink ribbon. I will be able to spot my "stuff" anywhere!
Woke up to 20 degrees this morning to the 90 degree weather in Bangkok is going to be something of a system shock. The low's at night in Thailand are running between 60 and 70 degrees! Dressing for the trip is a bit of a challenge! Sandles, capri's, light blouse, sweatshirt (which will be left in Portland for the return trip) in Oregon's winter weather may look a bit odd tomorrow but I don't want to pack anything I won't need for my 27 hours of travel!
Just think - in two days I will be in Thailand! WOW! I am going to try not to leave my mouth hanging open in awe! Brett has assured me it is going to be like nothing else I've ever experienced! I'll be keeping a journal and taking pictures so you'll get my veiw of Thailand when I get home!
Until then, take care of yourselves my loved ones! I'll think of you as I travel!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thailand "Plans" - and we all know what can happen with plans!
But here are the dates that Brett, Maya and I have already bought tickets or made reservations for and the links to those that have them (as was requested by loved ones here at home!)
Feb. 22rd - Monday - I fly from Medford to Portland and spend the night at Caleb and Mike's. (I'll see plenty of hotels in the next few months and seldom get to spend time with my son's!)
Feb 23rd - Tuesday -8:30 am I will be at the airport for my 10:30 am Horizon Air flight from Portland to Seattle and there I get on Korean Air at 1 pm to make the long flight overseas. I arrive in Seoul Incheon International Airport at 5:35 pm although the flight is 11 1/2 hours long --in other words it is going to be the longest 4 1/2 hours in MY life. The final leg starts at 7:20 pm when I board the Korean Air flight to Bangkok - which is another 2,281 air miles (6 hours) and I arrive in Suvarnabhumi Inernational Airport outside Bangkok at 11:10 pm on Tuesday night. Plum amazing! My total airtime will be 21 hours and 40 minutes! And I will have traveled 7,610 miles in that short time!
I will be staying in the Victory Monument area of Bangkok, Thailand for my 5 days there. Brett and Maya's place is 40 seconds away according to Brett! :-)
Feb. 24th - Wednesday - WHEN I wake up we will be off to get my final shots so I'll be protected from Hepititus and Japanese Encephilitus and whatever else Maya has for us to do that day...I'm sure it will all be awesome to me! We will be in Bangkok for 5 days - items I'd like to see are The Oriental Hotel/and "the river", the flower mart, have a converastional afternoon with refugees, see where Brett has worked, try a thai massage, see traditional thai dancing, visit the Ancient City, and visit the famous Emerald Buddha and whatever else catches my eye! :-)
Feb. 28th - Sunday Evening - we fly from Bangkok to Krabi airport in Southern Thailand where we will be staying at Tonsai Beach which is within walking distance of Railey in Krabi Providence. There we will be splashing in the ocean, I will watch Brett and Maya climb (if I can) the huge limestone walls, sea kayak and I hope to get in a two tank scuba dive!
March 7 - Sunday Evening - we fly back to Bangkok to spend one night in the big city again.
March 8 - Monday - we fly to Chiang Rai airport in Northern Thailand. From here we plan on seeing the famous temples in Chiang Mai, the mountain town of Pai, Mae Hong Son (where Maya often worked). We are going to do atleast some of this on scooters! (I got a little practice in on one in the Caribbean you remember?)
March 10 - Wednesday - Chiang Rai- We have reservations at the lovely Mirror Art Guest House before we head off to Laos
March 11 - Thursday - We will be catching the early bus to the Thailand/Laos border town where we will take a ferry boat across the Mekong River to Houayxay (pronounced "way sigh"), Laos so we can check in at the Gibbon Experience office before 7 pm in preparation for our 3 day 2 night adventure . We will spend the night somewhere in Houayxay - it only has one main street. Here is a link to a woman's travel tale that has done this already- Waterfall Gibbon Experience- Best three days ever - I'll let you know if I have the same experience!
March 12 - Friday - We will be driven to Baan Toup village and then we hike into the Bokeo Nam Kan National Park - along the Nam Nga Valley to spend two nights in tree houses 300 feet in the canopy that are accessed by zip lines.
March 14 - Sunday - Return from the jungle and Laos the way we came and stay at the Banilah Guest House in Chaing Mai for two nights.
March 16 - Monday - flying into the Bangkok Int. Airport from Northern Thailand. We will have dinner there together and I board my Korean Air flight shortly before 1 am on March 17th to begin my trek back to the U.S.
March 17 - Tuesday - 8:15 am I'll be at the Seoul Incheon International airport where I will people watch, read, eat, crochet and entertain myself for the next 10 hours. I did this to myself so I will not complain. At 6:20 pm I will leave Seoul, Korea and arrifve in Seattle at Noon on the same Tuesday. My Horizon flight leaves Seattle at 2 pm and I arrive at Portland about 3 pm. I am hoping Caleb will be there to take me to his house where I will spend the real night.
March 18 - Wednesday - I'll be back at the Portland Airport at 2 pm for my 4 pm flight to Medford. It lands at 5 pm and Jack, my loving husband, will be there to pick me up and drive us home to Klamath Falls.
I think I will be tired so I am not planning on doing much for a few days once I get home but you never know... :-P
But here are the dates that Brett, Maya and I have already bought tickets or made reservations for and the links to those that have them (as was requested by loved ones here at home!)
Feb. 22rd - Monday - I fly from Medford to Portland and spend the night at Caleb and Mike's. (I'll see plenty of hotels in the next few months and seldom get to spend time with my son's!)
Feb 23rd - Tuesday -8:30 am I will be at the airport for my 10:30 am Horizon Air flight from Portland to Seattle and there I get on Korean Air at 1 pm to make the long flight overseas. I arrive in Seoul Incheon International Airport at 5:35 pm although the flight is 11 1/2 hours long --in other words it is going to be the longest 4 1/2 hours in MY life. The final leg starts at 7:20 pm when I board the Korean Air flight to Bangkok - which is another 2,281 air miles (6 hours) and I arrive in Suvarnabhumi Inernational Airport outside Bangkok at 11:10 pm on Tuesday night. Plum amazing! My total airtime will be 21 hours and 40 minutes! And I will have traveled 7,610 miles in that short time!
I will be staying in the Victory Monument area of Bangkok, Thailand for my 5 days there. Brett and Maya's place is 40 seconds away according to Brett! :-)
Feb. 24th - Wednesday - WHEN I wake up we will be off to get my final shots so I'll be protected from Hepititus and Japanese Encephilitus and whatever else Maya has for us to do that day...I'm sure it will all be awesome to me! We will be in Bangkok for 5 days - items I'd like to see are The Oriental Hotel/and "the river", the flower mart, have a converastional afternoon with refugees, see where Brett has worked, try a thai massage, see traditional thai dancing, visit the Ancient City, and visit the famous Emerald Buddha and whatever else catches my eye! :-)
Feb. 28th - Sunday Evening - we fly from Bangkok to Krabi airport in Southern Thailand where we will be staying at Tonsai Beach which is within walking distance of Railey in Krabi Providence. There we will be splashing in the ocean, I will watch Brett and Maya climb (if I can) the huge limestone walls, sea kayak and I hope to get in a two tank scuba dive!
March 7 - Sunday Evening - we fly back to Bangkok to spend one night in the big city again.
March 8 - Monday - we fly to Chiang Rai airport in Northern Thailand. From here we plan on seeing the famous temples in Chiang Mai, the mountain town of Pai, Mae Hong Son (where Maya often worked). We are going to do atleast some of this on scooters! (I got a little practice in on one in the Caribbean you remember?)
March 10 - Wednesday - Chiang Rai- We have reservations at the lovely Mirror Art Guest House before we head off to Laos
March 11 - Thursday - We will be catching the early bus to the Thailand/Laos border town where we will take a ferry boat across the Mekong River to Houayxay (pronounced "way sigh"), Laos so we can check in at the Gibbon Experience office before 7 pm in preparation for our 3 day 2 night adventure . We will spend the night somewhere in Houayxay - it only has one main street. Here is a link to a woman's travel tale that has done this already- Waterfall Gibbon Experience- Best three days ever - I'll let you know if I have the same experience!
March 12 - Friday - We will be driven to Baan Toup village and then we hike into the Bokeo Nam Kan National Park - along the Nam Nga Valley to spend two nights in tree houses 300 feet in the canopy that are accessed by zip lines.
March 14 - Sunday - Return from the jungle and Laos the way we came and stay at the Banilah Guest House in Chaing Mai for two nights.
March 16 - Monday - flying into the Bangkok Int. Airport from Northern Thailand. We will have dinner there together and I board my Korean Air flight shortly before 1 am on March 17th to begin my trek back to the U.S.
March 17 - Tuesday - 8:15 am I'll be at the Seoul Incheon International airport where I will people watch, read, eat, crochet and entertain myself for the next 10 hours. I did this to myself so I will not complain. At 6:20 pm I will leave Seoul, Korea and arrifve in Seattle at Noon on the same Tuesday. My Horizon flight leaves Seattle at 2 pm and I arrive at Portland about 3 pm. I am hoping Caleb will be there to take me to his house where I will spend the real night.
March 18 - Wednesday - I'll be back at the Portland Airport at 2 pm for my 4 pm flight to Medford. It lands at 5 pm and Jack, my loving husband, will be there to pick me up and drive us home to Klamath Falls.
I think I will be tired so I am not planning on doing much for a few days once I get home but you never know... :-P
Thursday, February 18, 2010
We are back in Klamath Falls! In fact we've been back since about January 11th! We have just been busy little bees and blogging got squeezed out. Here's a quick update for anyone curious about what's happened since the Loxahatchee River Trip!
Diane and I had a Bingo Night, had a couple of girl's days out and went to the Gaylord Resort in Orlando together before we all flew back to Oregon - Diane and Keith to see to the repair of their Coos Bay house - Jack and I back to our house in Klamath Falls.
The new bamboo flooring was in but the house had to be put back together. Furniture put back in correct rooms, rugs purchased and put down, all the surfaces in the whole house wiped down as the fine saw dust had floated everywhere, and then we unpacked from our two month trip! These things took a few days to accomplish!
Then I kept looking at the walls....dingy white with scuff marks and settling cracks. And I started collecting paint chips... Shortly afterward I had a discussion with a professional painter we know and since he wasn't busy he gave us a heck of a price on painting the whole interior and making the little repairs that needed done to boot. My sweetie seldom tells me "No" and he didn't this time either. So our home is now colorized! 
It took a little longer than we estimated to get the project completed because I came down with a flu - rotten little buggers got me on the plane home I suspect. Anyway, we moved everything to the center of the rooms and then I went to bed sick. The house was torn up for a good 10 days with our painter being very thoughtful and taking a break for 4 days when I was the sickest. Moving the furniture around was hard on both Jack and I as his back was all bound up to the point he was going to the chiropractor and finally to the Dr. for medication to undo the muscle spasms and I would break out in coughing fits if I excerted myself very much! But we got it done!
I am all but done with the coughing, hacking horrible crud and Jack's back is getting better. All this is very good since I am leaving on this coming Monday for my long awaited, planned for, and anticipated 3 week trip to Thailand!!!
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