Blogs from Asia - page 14696

May 18th - Fukuoka Arrived in Japan safely. The flight wasn’t bad at all. Flying into Tokyo, I used Japan Airlines. They had the most courteous and friendly staff out of any airlines that I have ever been on, and the airplane was pretty high tech. You had your own computer terminal positioned in the seat in front of you. You could select from over 5 movies to play, several games, tv shows, and radio. Very cool. I watched the new Producers movie and the new King Kong. King Kong was horrible by the way. I’m glad I didn’t spend real money on it. The Producers, on the other hand, was awesome. Mel Brooks wrote and directed the original movie back in the 60’s I believe, and in 2001, he re-released it on Broadway. This new ... read more

Saa befinder vi os endelig paa den anden side af jorden, hvilket stadig er en meget uvirkelig foelelse! Vi ankom ca kl 15 (lokal tid) efter en dejlig og overraskende hurtig flyvetur. Isaer den sidste flytur fra Wien til Bangkok gjorde store indtryk (isaer paa (naesten ) flyjomfruen, Marie ), hvor der var ren luksus med 2 gange servering og fri film ombord! Vi kom godt afsted med flyet, dog var vi, paa trods af at vi var i lufthavnen hele tre timer foer tjek ind, meget taet paa at misse flyet, da vi fik forvildet os ned i ankomst hallen og maatte hele vejen gennem securuity igen. Vi naaede kun til boarding i tide fordi vi fik lov at komme foran i koeen! Lige nu sidder vi paa hostellet og har baade vaeret i bad, ... read more

Today, May 18th, the weather is not very good. Very windy out and the clouds are grey. Today, we had planned to take a drive out to Shark Bay and check out the snorkeling there. We were told that Manna Rays, Reef Sharks, Great Barracuda, and Clown Fish were within view. Yesterday, we drove out to two different points of the island (South and East) and snorkeled there. Many beautiful coral and colorful fishies. It has been so much fun. Our daily regiment has been: up early, snorkel, back for breakfast (lots of fruit) and shower, go for a drive to another part of the island, snorkel, lunch, lay out, read, do some more exploring of the island (on our motorbike), and back for a shower and throw the frisbee around until dusk and the mosquitos ... read more

I just finished my first muay thai lesson, and it kicked ass! Both literally and figuratively, that is. For those not familiar with it, muay thai is kickboxing Thai style. A sort of no-holds-barred version of the Western variety where the best of the best hardly ever have both their feet on the ring floor at once in a fight and to the naked eye, it would seem neither feet. Three practically non-stop hours of stretching, cardio warm-ups, sparring and toning is what my “lesson” consists of. My coaches, muay thai fighers on the international circuit, show little mercy for not so athletic squealing females like myself. Actually, when I squawk in pain my trainer Chai who speaks just a handful of English words, finds it hilariously funny and laughs his head off. At least Mr. ... read more

Before coming to work today, I saw one of the groundskeepers in the gated community climb the coconut tree in front of the house. He climbed it just like a monkey - no special equipment. Apparently, the coconuts were ripe for picking - he started dropping them to the ground. The coconuts are collected in a bag and delivered to your door. There is also a papaya tree and banana tree in the yard. The sweetest bananas I have ever tasted. The papaya is like the small variety you can buy at home that are totally tasteless. If you want a sweeter papaya at home, you typically have to buy the big red papayas, but these small ones here are sweet as far as papaya goes. I love mangoes, and I had the sweetest, juciest mango ... read more