Chiang Rai or bust

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Hey All,

I have been tired before, but this is a whole new level. To put it bluntly, I have had 7 hours sleep since I work up last Sunday morning. I got up at 7 am Sunday and worked Sunday night, then slept 3 hours Monday, before working Monday night, then slept 2 ½ hours before working Tuesday night. Ran home Wed. morning and after an 1 ½ sleep was woken up by a call from the hospital about work, and have not slept since then. As I am romping through one airport after another, its all becoming a fog. At this writing I just switched airports in Bangkok and waiting on my Nok Air flight to Chiang Rai. I am working on pure adrenaline here and another cup of strong Thai coffee. Bout time to board my 4^th flight in the last 30 hours. My butt is killing me L, and I smell like airplane.

Update: I just made it to my Guest House in Chiang Rai, took a well deserved shower and going to bed after I update this. Its 8pm here and I am too tired to explore the area.

I will say this about the whole travel plan, it had to go like clockwork with airlines, shuttles, and dinner with friends. One glitch along the way would have caused a major headache, but to the credit of all my airlines of choice, it went off without a hitch. My last flight with Nok Air was 20 minutes late, but no problem. But I have to mention this plane. It looked like a bird was crossed with a Cotton Mouth Snake. Picture attached for your review. Who knows, maybe that’s what a Nok is, I have no clue.

As much as I want to tell you about the Hello Kitty girl on my flight from Taipei to Bangkok, I am just not up to it, so I will get to it later,

Good night and Happy Travels,

Don J

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Photos

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Flying above the clouds with the Mountains of Taiwan in the background

Comments

[Sally Addison]

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Glad your trip is going well so far. I would have been having panic attacks with that many plane changes. Look forward to each of your blogs. Love you.

[Nurse Don]

Thanks mom, I don't ever remember being that tired, but its all good and made it safe and sound. Ready to hit the ground running :)

[Xine]

Da plane! Da plane!
That looks like a clown fish with a toucan beak. Just so you know, there was a 7.4 in Fukishima today. Watch out for tsunamis! And haarp of course!

[Nurse Don]

Glad I did not fly though Japan. For now, I am no where near the water and the trade winds are blowing towards the US, so I feel safe for now :)