First day of exploring started with hunting for breakfast. After realizing that the mall didn't open until 10am and we had to meet our "guide" Auntie Belinda at 9:30 in the lobby of BCGH. So we settled in at Au Bon Pain where I had a sweet cheese muffin and Ice Coffee. Due to a mis-communication or rather the lack of it we ended up leaving BCGH at 11am. We took a taxi to what claims to be the tallest building in Bangkok, the Baiyoke Sky Hotel. Our guide...

I finally made it to Bangkok! The flight wasn't so bad and the food they served on this leg of the flight was actually pretty decent. As you land from the plane you can see how large the new Bangkok International Aiport is, but it isn't until you get inside how it hits you just how immense it is! I felt like I walked a mile just trying to get to the immigration line. Then I had wait for over 30 min. just to pass throuhg, by this time my luggage had already been g...

After a 14.5 hours flight I made it to Hong Kong. The guy in the picture is Paquito, a new friend. He was sitting next to me on the plane and from his accent I deduced that he was Filipino. He was traveling to Cebu by way of Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. When we arrived in Hong Kong, he took me to breakfast since he noticed that I didn't eat very much on the plane. To be honest, I was expecting the food to be a bit better but it still tasted like frozen food. The ...

Parts of that John Denver song "Leaving on a Jet Plane" keeps repeating itself over and over in my head. "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go. . . .But, Im leavin on a jet plane don't know when I'll be back again" These past few weeks have flown by so quickly! Between working, training and trying to prepare myself for this trip...life hasn't slowed down for me. My bags are packed and still I am way under the limit. It seems to me that w...