My Travel Log

I hope you enjoy my Singapore slideshow. So what does it take to travel on this side of the world? Well, let me tell you!

December 25th--Hop in a taxi with Kyle and Melissa and travel eight hours to Chandigarh. Sleep for about five hours.
December 26th--Early morning train to Delhi. Wait forever for a prepaid auto to East Delhi. After much difficulty Alicia and I get a taxi and go eat lunch at Papa John's. Then we head to Khan Market for Christmas shopping and to the hospital for my doctor's appointment. We leave the hospital and head directly to the airport where our flight is delayed...and delayed...and cancelled! We go back through immigration into India and Thai Air puts us in the Hyatt for the night. Not too shabby.
December 27th--Fly to Bangkok in the morning. Miss our connecting flight to Singapore and Thai Air won't compensate us. Jerks. The next flight we can take is early the next morning. We're on our own to find a hotel which is next to impossible since no one speaks English. We finally find one near the airport and then decide to go to the Siam Center and eat at the Outback. We can't find the Outback and I have a nervous breakdown because I think I'm going crazy. The Outback didn't disappear, however, it just moved around the corner. After an awesome blossom we feel much better.
December 28th--We finally fly to Singapore and arrive at 10:30 AM. Chesi and Rob were waiting for us in the wrong terminal and by the time they find us we have to rush off to Chesi's doctor appointment. Afterwards we go to a pottery barn and, of course, Starbucks. Later that night we go watch a Chinese movie that Chesi and Rob don't like but I think it's pretty cool.
December 29th-31st--Good times in Singapore
January 1st--We say tearful goodbyes in Singapore and fly back to Bangkok. Alicia drops the vase she bought on the ground and breaks it. I panic for about three minutes when I can't find my boarding pass or passport and imagine my life being like Tom Hanks in The Terminal. Fortunately, Alicia has it although neither of us could remember how she got it. We look everywhere for Burger King but can't ever find it so we eat pad thai instead. We fly out to Chiang Mai that night and have a meeting as soon as we get there.
Jan 2nd-4th--Meetings in Thailand. Alicia loses her passport for real and has to spend a whole day at the consulate. She is currently still in Thailand waiting for her visa.
Jan 5th--I travel from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and have an 8 hour layover by myself at the airport. This time I find Burger King. I also meet an Austrailian girl named Christy who works for the UN in Cambodia. We talk for several hours and then she flies to Sydney and I fly to Delhi. When I get to Delhi my bag is one of the last of the plane and then I get in a taxi and go to my friend, Lindsey's, house.
Jan 6th--Lindsey and I go to the dentist and then I'm sent to this random place in Defence Colony for a head x-ray. Some guy makes me bite down on plastic and tells me to close my eyes so the lasers won't burn them.
Jan 7th--I stay in Lindsey's house all day because I'm exhausted and don't want to go anywhere.
Jan 8th--My follow up appointment at the hospital. The broken blood vessels in my leg have faded a little. Yay! Hopefully I won't be scarred for life. Emily, Lindsey, John, and I have lunch at Bennigans and go watch Babel. The movie makes us feel bad about life.
Jan 9th--follow up dentist appointment and meeting. Then Emily and I get on the overnight bus. It's really cold and I can't sleep. The one time I fall asleep the guy next to me wakes me up by playing Hotel California on his radio.
Jan 10th--Arrive home early morning.