Bangkok Day 1 Part 1

We spent our first full day in Bangkok. It is unlike anywhere I've been. The sidewalks double as scooter passing lanes. Crossing the street is a leap of faith, but somehow the collective behavior of the traffic seems to let you through. We have a 26th floor apartment that is beautiful.

From there I saw a man roll what must have been a 180 pound LPG tank across 3 lanes of traffic and it gave me courage. We took the sky train twice today and it provided a whole new meaning to personal space.

We also took two water taxis on the main river Chao Praya, one of which left the dock before I had my foot in the boat. We rode a James Bond-like long tail boat that wound through the canals of Bangkok. We're not as cool as James, but it was one of the most interesting parts of the day.

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Taipei 2

The girls found a way to get free tokens for the massage chairs in the airport. I believe they each spent an hour in the chairs. I hope their kidneys survived.

Taipei

我们到台北！我们得到了在飞机上睡觉，我们感觉还不错

We made it to the gate

Thanks for the ride Tref! We look like smurfs. Next stop Taipei!

Walter

Ready or not, we leave on February 14th. We've added a travel companion, Walter (see image below), a gift from friends at the City of Olympia. Hopefully, this blog will help you follow our journeys. We'll miss you all.

RTW Itinerary

Many of you are wondering where we are planning to go on our trip. Following is our current itinerary. 

 Seattle to Bangkok – 2/15-2/16 Taipei, Taiwan layover 

 Bangkok - 2/16-2/20 

 Ranong/Koh Phayam – 2/20 

 Koh Phayam – 2/20-2/24 

 Chumphon - 2/24-2/25 

 Ko Tao – 2/25-3/1 Christensen family SCUBA certification, Sairee Beach 

 Krabi – 3/1-3/4 

 Sukhothai – 3/4-3/5 

 Boon Lott’s Elelphant Sanctuary – 3/5-3/7 

 Sukhothai – 3/7-3/9 

 Chiang Mai – 3/9-3/12 

 Chiang Mai Treehouse - 3/12-3/13 Pasak Ngam Village, Luang Neua 

 Chiang Rai – 3/13-3/15 

 Bangkok – 3/15-3/16 

 Bangkok to Sydney – 3/16 

 Sydney – 3/17-3/19 

 Blue Mountains - 3/19-3/21 

 Sydney to Cairns -3/21 

 Cairns (Great Barrier Reef) - 3/21-3/22 Cairns Dive Center 

 Juicy Rental (RV from Cairns to Brisbane) – 3/22-4/1 

 Coolangatta (Brisbane) to Singapore – 4/15 

 Singapore – 4/15-4/20 

 Singapore to New Delhi – 4/20 

 New Delhi – 4/20-4/24 

 Agra (Taj Mahal) – 4/24-4/26 

 Jaipur Rajasthan India, - 4/26-4/28 

 Pushkar India, - 4/28-4/30 

 Udaipur, India – 4/30-5/2 

 Mumbai, Bombay India – 5/2-5/6 

 Mumbai, Bombay to Cairo – 5/6 

 Egypt – 5/6-5/20 

 Cairo to Istanbul – 5/20 

 Istanbul – 5/20-5/23 

 Istanbul to Athens – 5/23 

 Athens – 5/23-5/27 

 Athens to Naples – 5/27 

 Naples – 5/27-5/29 

 Rome - 5/29-5/31 

 Florence – 5/31-6/2 

 Venice – 6/2-6/4 

 Lake Como – 6/4-6/5 

 Interlaken – 6/5-6/7 

 Bern – 6/7-6/8 

 Zurich - 6/8-6/9 

 Munich - 6/9-6/11 

 Vienna - 6/11-6/13 

 Budapest - 6/13-6/14 

 Prague - 6/15-6/17 

 Berlin - 6/17-6/19 

 Copenhagen - 6/19-6/22 

 Stockholm - 6/22-6/26 

 Vasteras - 6/26-6/29 

 Amsterdam - 6/29-7/2 

 Cologne/Rhine - 7/2-7/3 

 Paris - 7/3-7/7 

 London - 7/8-7/13 

 London to Iceland – 7/13 

 Reykjavik, Iceland - 7/13-7/17 

 Reykjavik New York City – 7/17 

 New York – 7/17-7/20 

 New York to Nashville 7/20 

 Nashville – 7/20-7/25 

 Nashville to Chicago – 7/25 

 Chicago/Madison – 7/25-7/29

4 Weeks to Go

There are just 4 weeks until we board our first plane for our round the world trip.  We still have a long list of arrangements to make for our trip and things to get in order before we leave home. But the lists are getting smaller. One more thing down.  We've started a blog...