up with kady

about 56 hours later . . . thats right . . . .42 hours of bus and plane . . .

AND I AM IN THAILAND!

thats right. oh my God. so jalee and i were in charge of wake up in the morning. so the alarm went off at ten to four, and i reluctantly rolled off the air matteress. i washed my hair in the bathroom sink and then met up with jalee and we turned on the lights and woke everyone up. we got about 3-4ish hours of sleep. but everyone was really awesome about it. we packed everything up at got in the bus early!!! we were supposed to leave no later then 6 and we were allo in the bus ready to go at 5:35ish. yes us!!!!

so we had a 3ish hour drive to la . . . pretty standard bus ride. i feel like the bus is my home. its rediculous. anyways ummm i don't even know who i sat with . . . . oh wait. i think it was scott. yeah it was. and he loves regina spektor too so he's just awesome. so we got to lax and had like 2.5 hours to kill cause we didn't fly out till 12:30. exchanged some money. hung out with andrew for a good little bit. called home and talked to mom, joshua, rachel, and nick. and then we were off!
it was like a 10 hour flight. soooo long. they played 3 movies!!! hahaha crazy. i was sitting next to scott, jalee, and sarah. after a while i ditched though and traded with rafa and took his spot next to tina and dave. we had some intense conversations! it was awesome. i don't know . . . i bet a lot more happened but its all kind of fuzzy.

and then we were in tokyo. JAPAN!!! soo cool. we had like an hour layover or something - so dave and i headed off for sushi. cause really you can't go to japan and not have sushi. so after a quick chopstick lesson we were all set. i had sweet shrimp, and i tried some of daves tuna. it was good, but really spicy. not a mexican spicy, something completely different. waisabi?! i think thats what its called. anyways it was an awesome time. one of my first hardcore cultural experiences.
and then the flight from tokyo to bangkok. I PASSED OUT!!!! hahaha like i sat down and then BAM! out light a ton of bricks. i missed the takeoff - slept right though it. hahahaha i was GONE!!! this was only a 5 hour flight. not too bad. i definitley slept most of the time. i think i was the most tired i've ever been. like physically couldn't do anything. there was an empty seat beside me and the guy next to it let me curl up on the two. it was awesome. and thats about it for that one.
and then we were in bangkok. THAILAND!!!! yes!!!!!!! did the whole airport/customs/baggage stuff. then we were split by our hometeams (have i mentioned them?! basically just a small group of us that we have that we get together and talk about stuff. i'm hometeam 6. me, andrew, aubrii, shannon, guido, emmie, johnny, and then jeremy and rafa from staff) and got onto one of two buses. this was at about 12 local time. the bus ride was another 12 hours. agh!!! hahah andrew and i were bus dates (you get one everytime you get on the bus! haha its fun. you can pick them, or just put your name on a sheet and get a suprise when someone sits beside you!) and we basically passed out as soon as we sat down.

we made a couple pit stops . . . i think we shocked some girls working at a 24 hour comveience store. hahaha 60some foreigners coming in at 3 in the morning . . . . buying all kinds of food that we just guessed would taste good. i had some lays chips. seaweed flavoured. haha they were reallllly good though! anyways the bus was long and theres a lot i'm sure i could write but it was basically just us sleeping and being fools. i have some video of it that i'll try and get on facebook.
anyways i'm at my host family's house now but honestly i'm tired of typing so i'll do the rest of it tonight.