Arrived Bangkok, Thailand

The first leg of our journey has been completed. Safely arrived in Bangkok after about 24 hours of travel from Portland. A few hours layover in Los Angeles and a stop in Osaka, Japan on the Thai Air segment. Arrived Bangkok and took a private car to the Bangkok Palace Hotel.

We're spending a very quiet day at the hotel just to get used to the time change. It's 10:45 am local time as I'm writing this. We plan a short outing to the Shanti Lodge to arrange our hotel stay when we come back through Bangkok. Will probably eat lunch there, and then head back to the hotel for a well deserved nap.

Char was able to sleep on the plane. I got very little sleep, but am happy to be able to stretch out in a real bed.

We leave Bangkok at 11:00 pm tonight and head to Calcutta, where we plan to spend the night in an airport sleeping room before taking Jet Airways to Bagdogra and a car to Mirik.

Might not hear from us until we reach Mirik. I understand they have Internet access there now. If not, you won't hear from us unless we make a day trip to Darjeeling.