It's Tuesday morning and we have two more flights in front of us today.
The VERY long 15 hour flight from Toronto to Hong Kong was the biggest challenge so far. The time crawled by even though we had great seats with lots of space and leg room. We had the coolest rejuvenation at the Hong Kong Airport, in the 'Traveller's Lounge'. $40 US got us a shower, seated massage, GOOD coffee (for Katherine), internet access and all you could eat food and drink. We spent our time internetting and massaging so we did not get to eat too much.
Next stop was Singapore, where we had 12 hours and stayed in a lovely upscale boutique hotel. We ventured out for a walk to get a phone card. We didn't quite get to the 7-11 but laughed when we passsed a Sally Ann. Much to Katherine's disappointment it was closed since it was late in the evening.
We seemed to have kept up with the sleep and the time change. We will see if the jet lag kicks in.
We have been trying to take photographs of ourselves for the blog at various stages of our airport jauntings but we are miserable at it. It does keep us laughing though. Perhaps it is the subject matter!
We have been prepping on the flight for the project, getting our heads around different approaches. I keep wanting to get there to really understand the lay of the land before making too many assumptions. We haven't met anyone with first hand knowledge of the area. Any Indonesian people we have met have not ventured that far north. There are so many islands (depending on who you talk to it's 5,000 to 10,000 islands. What we do know is that Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world.
Over and out,
Dawna and Kat.
The VERY long 15 hour flight from Toronto to Hong Kong was the biggest challenge so far. The time crawled by even though we had great seats with lots of space and leg room. We had the coolest rejuvenation at the Hong Kong Airport, in the 'Traveller's Lounge'. $40 US got us a shower, seated massage, GOOD coffee (for Katherine), internet access and all you could eat food and drink. We spent our time internetting and massaging so we did not get to eat too much.
Next stop was Singapore, where we had 12 hours and stayed in a lovely upscale boutique hotel. We ventured out for a walk to get a phone card. We didn't quite get to the 7-11 but laughed when we passsed a Sally Ann. Much to Katherine's disappointment it was closed since it was late in the evening.
We seemed to have kept up with the sleep and the time change. We will see if the jet lag kicks in.
We have been trying to take photographs of ourselves for the blog at various stages of our airport jauntings but we are miserable at it. It does keep us laughing though. Perhaps it is the subject matter!
We have been prepping on the flight for the project, getting our heads around different approaches. I keep wanting to get there to really understand the lay of the land before making too many assumptions. We haven't met anyone with first hand knowledge of the area. Any Indonesian people we have met have not ventured that far north. There are so many islands (depending on who you talk to it's 5,000 to 10,000 islands. What we do know is that Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world.
Over and out,
Dawna and Kat.
3 comments:
Hey world travellers! Look forward to photos of Pidie, with or without you being miserable! Is the library being stocked in English or will you be working on infrastructure?
k
I agree with the sylph - any photos are good. They can't be worse than your passport and drivers' licence photos. Maybe there'll be something cool in the background, you never know.
Wiley and I started tracking you, and Matt too, on Google earth. You're on the other side of the world.
love d
You gals rock! I can't believe your good fortune in HK. You are almost there. The blog is a great way to keep us North Americans connected. Here's hoping Pidie is as exotic as it sounds. I think that hysterical photos of you both sound fun. Post away!
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