We met the group from Rio Lindo Academy this morning at SFO for an 11 hour flight to Seoul, South Korea. Forty high school students and eight sponsors. A bit of a snag for two foreign exchange students from Zambia. It was discovered at check-in that they needed visas to enter Thailand. Calls to the travel agent and the consulate weren’t adequate to allow them to board. We are hoping to get them on a later flight today.
Many of you know Gloria dislocated her right shoulder 2 1/2 weeks ago. She was dreading sitting in the plane all the way to Thailand. Well, in an almost full 777 we ended up with a seat between us! Not exactly business class, but enough room for Gloria to prop up her right arm.
I am writing this at 34,000 feet as we fly over Alaska! The shortest distance to South Korea is straight north along the US west coast over Mt. McKinley, the Bering Sea, Russia then south to Asia.
Hmm, 7 more hours to go!
3 hour layover in Seoul. Went to a Korean “fast food” in the airport. Greg though he ordered a beef noodle dish, ended up with octopus; chewy!
In the plane now to fly to Bangkok, still at the jet way. Waiting to be deiced! A bit chilly here, about 2 inches of snow on the wings. We are expecting 100-105 degrees in Thailand.
We are now descending into Bangkok after a another 6 hour flight. Finally got some sleep, it is around 2AM here; noon California time. Our pilot announced it it 88 degrees here!
It has been 29 hours since we left home. We still have an overnight train trip to Chaing Mai tonight. We can stretch and rest up today in Bangkok.
I hope when we get to the Bangkok airport I can upload this, it may be our last chance to do so for a while!
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