Packed and ready to go…. Spent the morning with my Mom and Dad, freaking out about packing and flying for so long. OF COURSE I packed the full 50 pounds plus a huge back pack full of electronics, blankies, pillows, and all of the valuables!
My mom and Julia dropped me off at the airport about 12:30 p.m. today, (July 24th). I was checked in, through security, and at the gate by 1:00 so I had some time to spare. I walked around and tried to get myself tired for the flight to Seoul, Korea. I lucked out and got a window seat in the middle on the wing. (Of course for those of you familiar with Ace Ventura, the WHOLE way to Korea, I had the line in my head…. “There’s someeee thing on the wing!” ha. Anyway, I had the row to myself and then a little bit after a little Korean man came up and sat in the aisle seat. We ended up talking for a bit and I told him that earlier that morning I found out that a guy I went to school with, Brooks Erickson, actually is teaching English at a school over in Seoul. At the time, I couldn’t remember which school is was to tell the guy on the plane. He was from Seoul and had a lot of touristy information because of his job. He travels back and forth between many countries, and when people go to Korea, he hosts them. It turns out Brooks works at The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. I need to look more into. Anyhow, the guy, I can’t even write or try to spell his name because its in symbols on the card he gave me!! The guy, we can call him Gus, gave me a list of cool places to see while in Seoul since on my way home from Thailand, I will have a 12 hour layover. SO LONG.
After arriving at the Korean Airport, there actually is a great deal of things to do such as free internet, rest and relax rooms, massages, etc. But I figure since I have SO much time, I might as well utilize my time here and sleep more on the plane.
So the rest of the flight when not talking to Gus, I met Ben, who is also on my Habitat for Humanity team. He is a single Dad of two ten-year-old-boys, Hunter and Holden. He later showed me a picture and they are absolutely adorable. Ironically, they live up in Klahani in Sammamish! We talked a little bit but were both tired and after they served a meal on the plane it was immediately quiet time and they had a everyone close the window shades so we took that as our cue to chat later.
I watched about three movies and a couple TV shows due to the lack of help the Benadryl was! Eleven hours later, we landed in Seoul, walked to our gate to check it out, and the first thing I saw was Green Bay Packers pennant put up in a little bar, ironic… first thought, someone in Korea likes Brett Faaarrrrrve! Shortly thereafter, about an hour, and we were back on the plane again to hit the five and a half hour jaunt to Bangkok, Thailand.
This plane ride I mostly slept, and we got to Bangkok about 11:00 p.m there time and 9:00 a.m. our time. The temperature when we landed was 85 degrees, it never cools down! The airport here is HUGE and unlike SeaTac is has metal chairs, tile floors, and no where to relax. The eight hour layover here is not looking promising and we cannot check in until 5:00 a.m. After attempting to sleep for a few hours, here I am sitting with Ben in a Starbucks in the comfy seats with people sleeping around us in anything comfortable they can find. It is about 4:25 and we will be heading down to the gate in about forty five minutes or so. This flight will take us to Phuket and we should be arriving there about 9:00 a.m. It’s a only about an hour….. from there we head to the hotel, the Phuket Orchid Resort and Spa. We will have the day to meet each other and have free time exploring Phuket until the following day in which we drive about an hour north to stay in Phang Nga where the build site is. More to come then… Love you all!
My mom and Julia dropped me off at the airport about 12:30 p.m. today, (July 24th). I was checked in, through security, and at the gate by 1:00 so I had some time to spare. I walked around and tried to get myself tired for the flight to Seoul, Korea. I lucked out and got a window seat in the middle on the wing. (Of course for those of you familiar with Ace Ventura, the WHOLE way to Korea, I had the line in my head…. “There’s someeee thing on the wing!” ha. Anyway, I had the row to myself and then a little bit after a little Korean man came up and sat in the aisle seat. We ended up talking for a bit and I told him that earlier that morning I found out that a guy I went to school with, Brooks Erickson, actually is teaching English at a school over in Seoul. At the time, I couldn’t remember which school is was to tell the guy on the plane. He was from Seoul and had a lot of touristy information because of his job. He travels back and forth between many countries, and when people go to Korea, he hosts them. It turns out Brooks works at The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. I need to look more into. Anyhow, the guy, I can’t even write or try to spell his name because its in symbols on the card he gave me!! The guy, we can call him Gus, gave me a list of cool places to see while in Seoul since on my way home from Thailand, I will have a 12 hour layover. SO LONG.
After arriving at the Korean Airport, there actually is a great deal of things to do such as free internet, rest and relax rooms, massages, etc. But I figure since I have SO much time, I might as well utilize my time here and sleep more on the plane.
So the rest of the flight when not talking to Gus, I met Ben, who is also on my Habitat for Humanity team. He is a single Dad of two ten-year-old-boys, Hunter and Holden. He later showed me a picture and they are absolutely adorable. Ironically, they live up in Klahani in Sammamish! We talked a little bit but were both tired and after they served a meal on the plane it was immediately quiet time and they had a everyone close the window shades so we took that as our cue to chat later.
I watched about three movies and a couple TV shows due to the lack of help the Benadryl was! Eleven hours later, we landed in Seoul, walked to our gate to check it out, and the first thing I saw was Green Bay Packers pennant put up in a little bar, ironic… first thought, someone in Korea likes Brett Faaarrrrrve! Shortly thereafter, about an hour, and we were back on the plane again to hit the five and a half hour jaunt to Bangkok, Thailand.
This plane ride I mostly slept, and we got to Bangkok about 11:00 p.m there time and 9:00 a.m. our time. The temperature when we landed was 85 degrees, it never cools down! The airport here is HUGE and unlike SeaTac is has metal chairs, tile floors, and no where to relax. The eight hour layover here is not looking promising and we cannot check in until 5:00 a.m. After attempting to sleep for a few hours, here I am sitting with Ben in a Starbucks in the comfy seats with people sleeping around us in anything comfortable they can find. It is about 4:25 and we will be heading down to the gate in about forty five minutes or so. This flight will take us to Phuket and we should be arriving there about 9:00 a.m. It’s a only about an hour….. from there we head to the hotel, the Phuket Orchid Resort and Spa. We will have the day to meet each other and have free time exploring Phuket until the following day in which we drive about an hour north to stay in Phang Nga where the build site is. More to come then… Love you all!
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