Saturday, March 15, 2008

I have ARRIVED!

Wahoo!
I have finally arrived. I can't believe how long the flights have been. I was so restless by the end. But the main thing is that i made it. Im in the future by 11 hours.
There is so much to tell in the short two day i have left Calgary.
I had a 14 hour flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong and i just popped p[ills like crazy --gravol mostly.
When Marni and I arrived in Hong Kong, It was our first cultural shock. More so the poeple than anything else. Their fashion style is of course a lot more developed than ours and so it took a minute to understand some of the clothing. The Chinese seem to be very into the "baby-ish" stuff... such as Hello Kitty..Lilo and Stitch --its interesting.
There was such a difference between Thai Airways and Air Canada. The Stuarts' and Stuartess' were so miserable and flustered on Air Canada. The food wasn't too good and the turbelence was extremely scary.. at one point we had to hold our drinks up as they were spilling every where!
Thai Airways had great food and the Stuartesses were so friendly!
I met a wonderful woman on the flight sitting next to me and she was so helpful. I was so tired from the previouse 14 hour flight, so i was asleep for the majority of the flight. She had saved me a cloth and a dinner trey. She was from Bangkok but spoke very good english.
When we arrived in Thailand, I couldn't believe the heat! its 38 degrees here... unbelievable.
The guy that picked us up from the airport didnt speak any english and drove with no signals or shoulder checking i was gripping the edge of my seat.. as we didnt even had seat belts! haha.
The Hotel is very cute. and it costed 100 baht (2 dollars) to be on here an hour.
Well its 1:30 am here.. and because of jet lag i am wide awake. I will say goodbye for now and hopefully i can get some sleep!:)

3 comments:

Gwyn Butler said...

Hi girls, loved your arrival blog. I just have to correct something though...the proper word for stuartesses in flight attendant - but I got it :) Had to laugh at your reaction to the driving. I thnk this is likely to be as bad as it gets so hang on for the ride! Love ya'
MOM

Sara VanderBaaren said...

Glad you made it there safe and sound:)
I think the driving would freak me out too... haha.
Love ya!
Sara

Rick Butler said...

Keep up the writing, sweetheart. And its stewardess, but Momhad the politically correct term. The adventures begin, eh... Yahoooo!