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Published: February 19th 2011
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HOLY SHEET, I thought I would never make it........ But I did.
I suppose I will start from the beginning. I sobbed into my in-flight pillow in OKC and cried out to God "I don't want to die". Shameful, yes. However, you can breathe a sigh of relief because that was the worst it got. One must cross the abyss with fear and trembling.....or however the saying goes.
Once I was in Korean Air's hands I was doing quite well. The plane was the nicest I had ever been on and the bathroom felt like a mini-spa with lotions and water misters. I hung out there a lot on my first 14-hour flight. I have to give them credit for keeping me fed, but oh, how my stomach hurts from too much Korean airplane beef and 24-hours of cabin pressure.
I was all giddy until the last 6 hours, and then I just became wrecked out of my mind like a ship's captain in charged of a voyage to nowhere. I crawled off the plane and looked around and the only thought my mind could authentically produce is "Umm, I'm in Asia...here I am" and it just kept
replaying in my head like a looped tape.
I went through immigration with out a problem......I was all nervous and paranoid checking out the guards, hoping they wouldn't go all 'Broken-Down Palace' on my ass. If you haven't seen the movie, don't.
I had a 40 minute taxi ride from a nice old man who listened to his headphones the entire time, cutting in and out of traffic. If I hadn't had been so tired, I would have had to peel my ass cheeks off of the vinyl. I imagined Tony would have applauded his driving skills and would have said something along the lines of "If folks drove that way back home we wouldn't have any problems".
The first thing I did was shower all the funk off of me, and went to bed. However, I woke up at 2:30, then again at 4:00, then gave up and got up at 5:30. It's going to be a rough few days getting adjusted.
I went to the front desk to buy some water and a banana. The banana looked like it had been dipped in chocolate, and I poked at the brown part to see if
South Korea Airport
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I went and sat on the porch and saw my first monk walk by. I smiled at him and he bowed. I think it's going to be a good trip.
I love you all,
Amy
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