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THAILAND | Tue, 24 Jan 2017 | By ljkennedy | Views [327]
Finally arrived just in time for lunch on Monday. We then had an orientation session and were assigned accommodations. The rooms are minimal but adequate. The washrooms are an adjustment when coming from North America. The shower is a corner of ... Read more >
Tags: first day
THAILAND | Wed, 9 Dec 2015 | By jreigerr | Views [294]
Woke up around 11. Definitely jet lagged. We then went to see the grand palace. It was magnificent, huge golden statues and massive golden plated buildings. It was definitely an interesting sight. After the Palace we went on a walk around town. We went ... Read more >
Tags: drinks, first day, grand palace, street food
URUGUAY | Sat, 7 Dec 2013 | By erraticallyabstract | Views [372]
Well we made it in time to still catch our 11pm flight to Montevideo! xD That was great. I slept most of the flight but had some pretty views the last hour before we landed. We had to take a bus from the airport because we had so many bags but my first ... Read more >
Tags: first day, la cosanda, la playa, montevideo!
USA | Thu, 23 May 2013 | By fiddlegirl8 | Views [452]
Well, here I am on the first leg of my trip, having made it safely via train to Kansas City last night. For those of you who have never taken the train from Jeff city, let's just say that the station is not exactly savory so Once you are safely ... Read more >
Tags: first day, thank you
BHUTAN | Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By mountaingirl0602 | Views [525] | Comments [1]
I had seen photos and thought, "gee, it has similar terrain as Colorado, shouldn't be that different". Well, there are people here, and vehicles, and mountains. But that's were the similarities end. They drive on the other side of the road, and ... Read more >
Tags: bhutan, first day, paro
VIETNAM | Thu, 28 Feb 2013 | By gsewake | Views [603]
Fluffy snow flakes drift past my face. The cool weather chilling my toes. I'm not dressed for this New England winter weather. Wearing a black Blink-182 hoodie, tan tech pants and flip flops, perhaps some boots or a puffy winter coat would have been ... Read more >
Tags: first day, food stall, hcmc, morning market
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 21 Feb 2013 | By paul_meet_world | Views [377]
It's hard to believe I've only been in New Zealand for a day.
Gabe and I have already manage to hitchhike from Christchurch up to Nelson, today we make the last push for Takaka. Hitchhiking is a new experience for me, but Gabe's an old hand. Our ... Read more >
Tags: characters, first day, hitchhike, on the road
INDIA | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 | By andyandrade | Views [724]
So, after a good day of traveling from Venice to Rome and then Jeddah for the night, me and Stefano landed in sticky Delhi. Really hot and sticky event though he monsoonic season is almost over... that´s what they told us. Taxi to Haus Khaz, in the ... Read more >
Tags: delhi, first day, food, spanish
KENYA | Fri, 17 Aug 2012 | By jilljahns | Views [460]
Wednesday 6/6
Today Mark and Alphonce left for Kisumu to buy some stuff for
the community center project Mark is working on. So I was sort of left on my
own, but it ended up being really awesome. So I spent essentially my entire day
today ... Read more >
Tags: first day, meeting new people, nursery school, rusinga island, teacher
KENYA | Thu, 9 Aug 2012 | By jilljahns | Views [683]
Thursday 5/31
So last night was my first night on Rusinga. I was asleep by
9 pm and awake y 3:30 am. The same thing happened last night in Nairobi, so I’m
guessing it is the jetlag. Luckily I have not been tired in the least, but I do
hope ... Read more >
Tags: first day, initial observations, island, kenya, rusinga
CHINA | Thu, 5 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Views [1063]
5 April 2012 Wednesday was actually Qing Ming Festival which I had thought was Monday. Nonetheless, Ren was meeting friends and taking me out to the City God Temple. This was in an area called Old Shanghai which I had stopped the day before ... Read more >
Tags: chinese, first day, hercules, office, tutor, work, yuyuan garden
USA | Tue, 28 Feb 2012 | By jamesshanks | Views [696] | Comments [2]
The tedious 13.5 hour journey over some deep blue sea was more comforting than I originally anticipated. I was bumped up to premium economy and gee wiz, the extra leg space does count for something (thank you Gordon). I was surrounded by gay flight ... Read more >
Tags: exciting, first day, landing, santa monica
CHINA | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 | By samvanneilson | Views [393]
Hi everybody, This little ditty goes something like 'i suck'. I had my first lesson planning period as well. On Mondays we create lesson plans for the coming week with the Chinese teachers. They are very much in control of content but we get our ... Read more >
Tags: china, eating, first day, teaching
HONG KONG | Fri, 16 Jul 2010 | By anuon2r | Views [694]
I have not eaten anything substantial. Ask me why and - depending on who you are - I will answer somethong like: "Didn't see anything vegetarian" (its true!)", "didn't feel like it" (that could be true, too. Its hot and my sigestion ... Read more >
Tags: first day, hong kong, tai chi
CANADA | Sat, 28 Mar 2009 | By aliciav | Views [458]
The flight was long and pretty uncomfortable. The only good thing was the food on Thai Airlines.. It puts Air Canada to shame. So we are finally at our hotel. There is particularly funky smell in this neighbourhood... it must be all the tourists. They ... Read more >
Tags: arrival, bangkok, first day
PORTUGAL | Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By jjassen | Views [617]
Day 0 - Zurich Airport layover - One of the smoothest landings ever got me into Europe, officially. Inside the airport, I enjoyed a bullet train shuttle that had cowbells and mooing sounds playing of the loudspeaker. A Swiss Miss milk maid smiled ... Read more >
Tags: airports
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