Today I had an experience I’ve never had before, I saw the same sunrise two times. In our flight to Cambodia we left New York at midnight to fly to Anchorage Alaska. There we saw the sunrise for the first time. Shortly after we took off to fly to Taipei in Taiwan. Over the pacific we caught back up to the night and then experienced the same day’s sunrise laer on that morning as we flew south west to Taipei.
A few other (semi) interesting things:
1. I saw a series of Hello Kitty Airplanes in Taipei. 2. The restroom in Anchorage was filled with lots and lots of people brushing their teeth. 3. At the time I’m writing this we have now been traveling for 31 hours straight since leaving the kids in Scranton. 4. China Airlines has very spooky videos of people stretching that they run before you land. They look like they’ve been brainwashed but that they’re pretty happy about it. 5. We’re now on the 6th movie of the trip. 6. Amy’s already read two and a half books, I’ve read one and a half. 7. breakfast on china airlines consisted of something called “pork kunckles,” with some hardboiled/pickled egg and a roll with butter. (picture of that to come)
Our first day in Cambodia was a bit of shocker, but amazing. Everything is so colorful and you can see the strong Buddhist influence in the architecture everywhere. We went from downtown NYC, to Alaska, to Taipei (very nice & clean), to people begging for food in Phnom Penh, just a day and a half from leaving the comfort of home. The capital is full of interesting people, pagoda’s (temples), and is a city beginning to become more globalized. Tomorrow we go to worship with an international church, and today we took a tour of the Mekong river by boat. We will post more later and upload some pictures once we find a USB cord!
May 24, 2008 at 4:35 pm
The internet is really a great tool to have. We look forward to hearing your running commentary.
Hope you both are adjusting to the time difference and the culture. We’ll keep you in our prayers.