I figure this summer we should all get our passports. If I remember correctly, the fee to get passports is $80 bucks. Perhaps it may have gone up since last year, but probably not. Morgs and I had a conversation about VISAs. She's thinking we should be alright with the standard visa.
Today's Thai word is chai. It doesn't have a sound like chai tea, but more like an exclamatedaye! So you add the CH in front of that. It means right. So if you're responding to a question, you'd say, "Chai, krup," (for a man) or "Chai, ka" (if you're a girl).
Pretty easy stuff.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Money
In one trade show, I've made enough money to travel to Thailand for 2 1/2 people. It was my goal to make as much money as possible and now I have!
A note about tickets: I read that it was a good idea not to buy your tickets too early because buying tickets too far in advance could actually be more expensive since airlines don't actually know availability until a few months before the trip, so the best time to purchase your tickets are 2-3 months before your international flight--unless you can get some dirt cheap tickets! The previous fare I posted was for roundtrip at a cost of about $1,300 after taxes. I don't remember the website though.
Chris spoke of a cheap international fares website he uses when he travels to China and Vietnam for business. I think we will use that.
Going to work now.
A note about tickets: I read that it was a good idea not to buy your tickets too early because buying tickets too far in advance could actually be more expensive since airlines don't actually know availability until a few months before the trip, so the best time to purchase your tickets are 2-3 months before your international flight--unless you can get some dirt cheap tickets! The previous fare I posted was for roundtrip at a cost of about $1,300 after taxes. I don't remember the website though.
Chris spoke of a cheap international fares website he uses when he travels to China and Vietnam for business. I think we will use that.
Going to work now.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
A good airfare found... not the best, but not too shabby...
This fare gives us a 7 hour lay-over in Tokyo, JP. A bonus trip!!!
Leave
Thu, Dec 21
Delta Air Lines 8953
operated by China Airlines -- CI 0007
Delta Air Lines
Depart:
1:15am
Arrive:
6:10am
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Taipei, Taiwan (TPE)
2 stops in TPE
* 12hr 55min
* | Boeing 747
Change Airline. Time between flights: 2hr 40min
China Airlines 641
China Airlines
Depart:
8:50am
Arrive:
10:35am
Taipei, Taiwan (TPE)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG)
* 1hr 45min
* | Airbus A333
No plane change. Time between flights: 1hr 5min
China Airlines 641
China Airlines
Depart:
11:40am
Arrive:
1:25pm
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG)
Bangkok, Thailand (BKK)
* 2hr 45min
* | Airbus A333
Total duration: 21hr 10min
This is an overnight flight.
Return
Thu, Jan 4
All Nippon Airways 916
All Nippon Airways
Depart:
11:45pm
Arrive:
7:30am
Bangkok, Thailand (BKK)
Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
1 stop in NRT
* 5hr 45min
* | Boeing 767
Change Airline. Time between flights: 7hr 25min
Delta Air Lines 7871
operated by Korean Air Lines -- KE 0001
Delta Air Lines
Depart:
2:55pm
Arrive:
8:40am
Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
* 10hr 45min
* | Boeing 777
Total duration: 23hr 55min
This is an overnight flight.
Leave
Thu, Dec 21
Delta Air Lines 8953
operated by China Airlines -- CI 0007
Delta Air Lines
Depart:
1:15am
Arrive:
6:10am
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Taipei, Taiwan (TPE)
2 stops in TPE
* 12hr 55min
* | Boeing 747
Change Airline. Time between flights: 2hr 40min
China Airlines 641
China Airlines
Depart:
8:50am
Arrive:
10:35am
Taipei, Taiwan (TPE)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG)
* 1hr 45min
* | Airbus A333
No plane change. Time between flights: 1hr 5min
China Airlines 641
China Airlines
Depart:
11:40am
Arrive:
1:25pm
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG)
Bangkok, Thailand (BKK)
* 2hr 45min
* | Airbus A333
Total duration: 21hr 10min
This is an overnight flight.
Return
Thu, Jan 4
All Nippon Airways 916
All Nippon Airways
Depart:
11:45pm
Arrive:
7:30am
Bangkok, Thailand (BKK)
Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
1 stop in NRT
* 5hr 45min
* | Boeing 767
Change Airline. Time between flights: 7hr 25min
Delta Air Lines 7871
operated by Korean Air Lines -- KE 0001
Delta Air Lines
Depart:
2:55pm
Arrive:
8:40am
Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
* 10hr 45min
* | Boeing 777
Total duration: 23hr 55min
This is an overnight flight.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
TWOTD + Thai Tea Recipe
Today's word is wan ang-kahn. Wan means day, as ang-kahn refers to Tuesday. So wan ang-kahn means Tuesday day. You can use the prefix of wan to every day of the week, in fact, it's proper Thai to do so. Yesterday was wan jahn as wan nee (today) bpen (is) wan ang-kahn (Tuesday).
As a special treat (literally), this is a recipe for Thai Iced Tea.
- Boil 8 cups water.
- Place 8 to 10 tablespoons tea mix in a large pitcher or pot.
- Pour boiling water over the tea and let steep for 5 or 6 minutes.
-Use a strainer to strain the tea into a second pitcher (this removes most of the loose tea), then use a coffee filter or the stainless/muslin filter offered below to filter it back into the (rinsed) first pitcher.
- Add sugar to taste (recommend at least 1 cup, as Thai icetea should be very sweet), stir and let cool then put in the fridge.
- Pour chilled tea over ice (prefer crushed ice) and top with evaporated milk (or half and half).
- Let the milk float on the ice and slowly sink into the tea.
Alternatively, I used to make it this way:
Take a coffee maker and put about 2-3 filters in the grounds vestibule (that place where the coffee goes). Put 8-10 table spoons and just let the coffee maker go wild. It'll come out piping hot, but you'll need to chill it in the fridge for a few hours. Before you chill it through, put some sugar in the pot and stir it in real well.
In about 2-3 hours, you'll have awesome Thai Iced Tea. Pour it over ice and put a splash of milk on it. It's amazing.
I don't have much to add, except that Thailand is still very much on my mind. I'm leaving for Vegas in a few days, so I will be absent for awhile.
Chogck dee!
Eddie
As a special treat (literally), this is a recipe for Thai Iced Tea.
- Boil 8 cups water.
- Place 8 to 10 tablespoons tea mix in a large pitcher or pot.
- Pour boiling water over the tea and let steep for 5 or 6 minutes.
-Use a strainer to strain the tea into a second pitcher (this removes most of the loose tea), then use a coffee filter or the stainless/muslin filter offered below to filter it back into the (rinsed) first pitcher.
- Add sugar to taste (recommend at least 1 cup, as Thai icetea should be very sweet), stir and let cool then put in the fridge.
- Pour chilled tea over ice (prefer crushed ice) and top with evaporated milk (or half and half).
- Let the milk float on the ice and slowly sink into the tea.
Alternatively, I used to make it this way:
Take a coffee maker and put about 2-3 filters in the grounds vestibule (that place where the coffee goes). Put 8-10 table spoons and just let the coffee maker go wild. It'll come out piping hot, but you'll need to chill it in the fridge for a few hours. Before you chill it through, put some sugar in the pot and stir it in real well.
In about 2-3 hours, you'll have awesome Thai Iced Tea. Pour it over ice and put a splash of milk on it. It's amazing.
I don't have much to add, except that Thailand is still very much on my mind. I'm leaving for Vegas in a few days, so I will be absent for awhile.
Chogck dee!
Eddie
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