How Do You Start a 366 Day Around the World Adventure
- By Jane Henninger
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- 13 Jul, 2023
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If this is June 29, 2023, this MUST be Denver
We stayed at the Denver Airport Fairfield INN and used the night before to pack our luggage before leaving. Our main luggage was just within our weight limits. The hotel shuttle service worked will to arrive at the airport well in advance of our 7:50am Southwest flight to Los Angeles.
Due to our desire to minimize costs, we had a 12 hour layover and my cousin, Peggy, took us out to lunch on Manhattan Beach, her stomping grounds. Our delicious lunch at The Kettle included both broccoli-cheese and chicken-tortilla soups with sandwiches. The Bay Crab Melt Sandwich contained chunk crab meat with melted cheddar and jack cheese and a pulled pork barbeque sandwich.
Peggy and I. throughout our entire afternoon, reminisced about times spent together growing up in suburbs of Chicago. As a military dependent, this was the only time, from 1958 - 1960, when I lived close to any relatives, such a LOOONG time ago. Our greatest joy was correcting misperceptions of how, when, and why family historical event took place.
Peggy and I. throughout our entire afternoon, reminisced about times spent together growing up in suburbs of Chicago. As a military dependent, this was the only time, from 1958 - 1960, when I lived close to any relatives, such a LOOONG time ago. Our greatest joy was correcting misperceptions of how, when, and why family historical event took place.
We strolled down to the world-famous Manhattan Beach where they have dozens of beach volleyball courts set up as homage to the sport's development there. Few people were playing, though. We were happy to see the Pacific Ocean with a westward view since we will be looking eastward for most in our adventures.
We made a beauty supply purchase so Don can maintain my hair colors on this trip. Heaven help me, if I come back from this trip with all white hair!
After a stop at a Jamba Juice, we headed back to the airport USO as we had a few hour wait before our flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As our flight time approached, we pushed our luggage on carts to the international terminal from the USO. The check in line was much longer than anticipated; however, we and our bags were checked in with no problems. Our personal screening also took longer because the US program for TSA Pre-checks are not recognized by Saudia Airlines. With less than a half hour and the flight crew were just ahead of us, we figured we weren’t late. Yet! A slight flight allowed us to arrive at the departure gate with time to spare.
We made it through our first day of the adventure!
(Editor's note: This post has been delayed to permit my own active participation of activities as a priority over publication.)
We made a beauty supply purchase so Don can maintain my hair colors on this trip. Heaven help me, if I come back from this trip with all white hair!
After a stop at a Jamba Juice, we headed back to the airport USO as we had a few hour wait before our flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As our flight time approached, we pushed our luggage on carts to the international terminal from the USO. The check in line was much longer than anticipated; however, we and our bags were checked in with no problems. Our personal screening also took longer because the US program for TSA Pre-checks are not recognized by Saudia Airlines. With less than a half hour and the flight crew were just ahead of us, we figured we weren’t late. Yet! A slight flight allowed us to arrive at the departure gate with time to spare.
We made it through our first day of the adventure!
(Editor's note: This post has been delayed to permit my own active participation of activities as a priority over publication.)
Often tone, volume, and non-verbal clues can increase your understanding of the local activities as you travel.
A composite of several encounters in our first 6 months of this yearlong adventure.
A composite of several encounters in our first 6 months of this yearlong adventure.
The pillars and center cap are reminders of the Buddhist sacred elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. Earth - the large rectangular base. Water - the lotus petals. Fire - the flame tips at the corners. Air - the vase shape. Space - the tapering peak.
This really was on the way from Vientiane to Luan Probang, Laos. This ferry is built with empty, plastic storage drums and uses the flow of the Nam Xong River to push it from shore to shore along an anchoring cable. No fuel needed. No moving parts. And low exterior maintenance.
Due to technical and timing conflicts, we have fallen woefully behind in our posting.
Therefore, we are changing out postings to almost exclusively show photographic images with short captions while seeking to post more days to make up for our almost 2 month backlog.
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Therefore, we are changing out postings to almost exclusively show photographic images with short captions while seeking to post more days to make up for our almost 2 month backlog.
For those wishing to view narratives, please, friend and/or follow Jane on Facebook as https://www.facebook.com/jane.henninger
Today is Don’s Birthday!
I had bought a birthday card for him that I actually knew where it was and had it for the trip, but it was about camping and it was supposed to be when were in New Zealand or Australia. I bought it a good year before the trip. At least I had a card for him.
Today we are taking a Thai cooking class at a farm where they grow some of the produce. We are going to a market before to learn what the local products are. Don loves taking pictures at markets so this will be a good start to his day.
I had bought a birthday card for him that I actually knew where it was and had it for the trip, but it was about camping and it was supposed to be when were in New Zealand or Australia. I bought it a good year before the trip. At least I had a card for him.
Today we are taking a Thai cooking class at a farm where they grow some of the produce. We are going to a market before to learn what the local products are. Don loves taking pictures at markets so this will be a good start to his day.
Don woke and returned to the Plaza of the Three Kings for the early morning sunlight to best light the statue. To his surprise a worker was busily placing flower leis and golden sash belts on the statues. This helped bright the scene greatly
After our now standard noodle breakfast, we engaged a local taxi driver to take us outside the ancient city walls with their protective moat to both Wat Umong, the Tunnel Temple, and Wat Sri Suphan, the Silver Temple. After breakfast there were two other Wats I wanted to see. One was the silver wat and the other was outside the old city in caves on the outskirts of Chiang Mai. We got a cab to take us to the cave one and had him wait so he could take us to the one in town.
After our now standard noodle breakfast, we engaged a local taxi driver to take us outside the ancient city walls with their protective moat to both Wat Umong, the Tunnel Temple, and Wat Sri Suphan, the Silver Temple. After breakfast there were two other Wats I wanted to see. One was the silver wat and the other was outside the old city in caves on the outskirts of Chiang Mai. We got a cab to take us to the cave one and had him wait so he could take us to the one in town.
We cleaned up after playing with the elephants in the river and went to check out several local Buddhist Temples of interest.
On the way back to the hotel yesterday, July 20th, we had discovered Wat Inthakhin Sadue Muang almost in the middle of the street, but Don had been too tired to appreciate it and he did not take any pictures, then.
