More Information on MP3 Player

As I blogged before, on the trip over to Thailand, I dropped my mp3 player into this hole in the bulkhead beside my seat.  I took a few pictures and thought I would share them with everyone:

     

I didn’t say anything to anyone on board (there wasn’t alot they could do about it anyway).  While looking at the Thai Airways magazine, I found a feedback form.  I decided to complete it, explain the problem, and see what they would do.  Below are pictures of what I wrote to them:

Because I lost my mp3 player, I didn’t have any way to record podcasts from the trip.  I’m bummed it didn’t work out (I even bought a 2GB MiniSD card to make sure I had enough space).  Oh well, we’ll just see what happens.  Hopefully I hear from them and they buy me a new mp3 player.

Back in the US

We are back in the US.  We are currently sitting at NYC’s LGA airport waiting to catch a 7pm flight back to Richmond.

Plane Update

I don’t know for sure, but it looks like our plane just got here.  If this isn’t it, I’ll update later; however, fornow, I’m getting ready to depart.

Flight Delayed

Well, our flight out has been delayed.  We were supposed to leave at 1:50…now, we are leaving at 3:15.

Blogging and my Trip

I want to appologize for not getting as much time to blog while gone as I wanted.  But, after I am back in the states, I plan to spend the next few weeks updating the blog with posts and pictures about our trip.  Check back often and I’ll have new stuff up.

Thanks for thinking of us while we were gone.  We had problems (no podcasts), delays (a 16+ hour bis ride), and other problems (getting sick); however, we have been watched over greatly.  We were forced to eat some places that were “interesting” (I’ll post some more about that for sure), and spent long hours on the road.  Through it all, we have been protected very well.

Airport, Internet Access, and Flying

This will probably be my last opportunity to blog before I return to the states.  I’m sitting in a little airport with free WiFi.  Free WiFi!  Can you believe it?!  In the US, I would be paying about $10 for this access.

Anyway, we are going to fly the national airlines from here to a well-known city down south.  From there, we’ll take a short tour of that city and then fly back to Bangkok for our flight home to New York.

After 16+ hours we are here

Well, after a 16 hour bus ride, we finally arrvied in our 2nd country and destination.  I’ll blog more with pictures when I get home; however, the trip was a trip.  Here is a teaser:  about 1/2 the bus was full of “stuff” crossing the border.  About 1/2 the people on the bus had to sit on the floor.  We stopped in the middle of the night until the border crossing opened.  The bus stopped about every hour to offload “stuff.”  Although, the actual crossing was easy (even though it took 2 hours).

Country #2

I said I was going to be going into several other countries while I was gone.  Well, I’m in #2 at the moment.  When I get home, I’ll write more.

Kids

It wasn’t on the schedule but all of us over here watching the kids for the people at the conference voluntered to watch their kids tonight so they could go out, if they wanted to.  Not everyone took advantage of the opportunity, but the ones that did really appreciated the time together.  If you ever go anywhere to watch kids, this is certainly something you should think about doing.

Feeling Better

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m feeling better.  I took some Sudafed, went to bed earlier, and ran some saline solution through my nose.  Thanks for the prayers.