2/1/06 Dear Mom, family & friends: It's 11:35 am here in Bangkok, Thailand, as I write this, Wednesday morning. I arrived last night, after a trip that, like Thea's last week, took 27 hours, incuding stopovers in Vancouver BC and Hong Kong. We crossed the international date line over the Pacific, and even though we lost 9 hours as we followed the sunset west, it was suddenly a day later. So we are 15 hours later than you, by the calendar. For you, it is only Tuesday night. Thailand smells familiar, from 3 years ago. When I arrived late last night, the air was steamy,in the upper 80's. A taxi took me to the hotel I prearranged on the internet. I slept well. The price included this morning's breakfast, and I had my choice of
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