We both got to Bangkok on Friday. I arrived in the afternoon, took a shower and crawled into a fetal position in the bed until Steve arrived around 8:30 local time. Including the drive to the airport, I spent 29 hours travelling. The flight from SFO to Manila was 16 hours straight. I had seat 92K on a 747-400. Turns out to be an interesting seat as there are two seats side by side and the row ahead has three which means there's an odd sliver of space. Turns out to be just big enough to throw the travel blanket down and sleep a little.
Manila airport has an odd international terminal. I had a transfer (to Bangkok) on the same airline but had to exit security/customs and re-enter to be in the boarding area. It was kind of cool. Find the desk that says transfer, they have someone escort you through the whole process, multiple checkpoints, maybe 3 minutes of walking and it's done! If it weren't for that it would have taken forever to get through.
We're staying at the Dusit Thani, which is a very nice hotel. Wonderful service, great shops, etc. The room is quite affordable, but they getcha on the food. I think a double shot of espresso and Steve's morning mocha set us back $16. We had a full sea food dinner with strawberry smoothie drinks (don't know why that sounded good, but it did) for about $10 at another location.
I talked STeve into getting a suit made. Actually two. I think every man should have a suit fitted to him and this is a fun part of the vacation for him. Between being married to me and working in Afghanistan, I think the poor guy deserved something nice.
angela
