It's 7:30 A.M. here in Ho Chi Minh City, thought
I'd send you the first update for the blog!
Yesterday was a very exciting day for me! Flying all the way
to Vietnam by myself was a very intimidating thought...but everything turned
out just fine. The flight from Salt Lake to Los Angeles city was very short,
and the airplane was extremely small! There were only about 40 people that
could fit on this plane! After landing in Los Angeles I only had about 50
minutes to catch my flight to Tokyo Narita. Luckily the gate was just
steps away from where I got off my previous plane because as I was walking into
the airport they were already making a last call for my flight! Our airplane
for this trip was HUGE! We had to be bussed out to a separate section of the
airport just to board this flight! Prior to this trip Shaun mentioned a couple
of times how he always chose the aisle seats so he didn't have to climb over
people to go to the bathroom. If you're reading this Shaun... I will now ALWAYS
listen to your advice. My seat was directly in the middle of a row of five,
which meant there were two people on either side of me. Getting out was not
only extremely difficult, but very awkward. Needless to say I drank a bunch of
apple juice and couldn't go to the bathroom for 10 straight hours. Other than
that the flight was awesome. We were feed like five rounds of food and some
pretty darn good movies. I slept the entire way to Ho Chi Minh after Tokyo were
I met up with my group in the airport. So far, this city reminds me of Vegas:
very hot and lots of neon lights! Since it's only 8 in the morning here, some
of my friends and I are about to go adventure! I've included some pictures from
yesterday. This first one was a cool picture I took as we were landing in Los
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And this is a picture with about half of the group members
that I'm on this trip with! The bald guy is our professor, Dan! At this point I
was already sweating like crazy due to the intense humidity!
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| This is the display they had for us as we entered the Narita airport |
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This was in Ho Chi Minh City. The moment people saw their
bags, they would just walk right on to the baggage claim belt! This man wasn't
the only one! Kids were even riding them around and around!
Thanks again for doing this! I'm off on the next great
adventure! Hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
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