Daddy/Ira and I arrived safely in Bangkok. The trip across the Pacific was all that we had hoped for. The Evergreen Deluxe class on EVA airlines is between economy and business class in comfort (seat size, seat layout, and distance between rows) and general amenities with the prices only a bit higher than the standard Economy Class. We will never fly another way whenever we have this option!!
Our flight had an interesting quirk. Before we left Los Angeles, they told us that the headwinds were so strong that, even with a full load of fuel, our 747 couldn’t make it non-stop to Taipei from LA. So, we had to stop in Anchorage, Alaska to refuel!! This stop extended our time on board by two and a half hours. Thank goodness that we had such comfortable seating! Also, thank goodness that our lay-over in Taipei had been long enough that we didn’t miss our connecting flight to Bangkok.
When we arrived in the Kingdom, the weather was sunny and 86 degrees Fahrenheit. As most of you know, I have not been enjoying the cold at home. I was thrilled to be really warm again! After clearing immigration and customs (they don’t even look up in customs), we actually got to our apartment around 2:30 pm Bangkok time on Saturday, Feb 4. Ira had set his stopwatch when we were at the airport in Dallas so we noted on arrival in our apartment that the elapsed time for the whole shooting match was a little over 30 hours.
Our apartment at V.P. Tower is in great shape. The maids had cleaned it for us on Friday and had strung up some colorful plastic bags on the balcony to look like the lanterns for the Chinese New Year which was a week ago today — celebrations for which are still continuing. We were delighted. We decided to wait to sleep until night-time so we went to the gym to work out the kinks, bought a few groceries, and headed down to Tee Sud Isan, our local restaurant and hangout.
Our “social life” is now back in full swing. Last night, at Tee Sud the owners Doug and Yim were there along with 4 other of our favorite friends, so we had a great welcome back. We stayed later than we had ever intended, but had a terrific time. Plans for viewing the Super Bowl were made also. Since it starts here at 6:00 am tomorrow morning, Doug and Yim are going to open the restaurant for our group and serve breakfast along with all the appropriate adult beverages. They have a large TV with all the channels so we will be watching the game live along with most of you. Go Steelers!!
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