Day One (and a half)

It is 1:50 in the morning on June 14th and we are now riding a bus to our hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. We all survived our 12 hour flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo, although we crossed the international date line, lost a day, and never saw the sun set on June 12th. We landed in Tokyo and had a two hour layover before getting on our final 6 hour flight to Bangkok. One of the pictures I've included with this journal entry is of our group gathering in baggage claim and getting ready to go through Customs with our luggage and 48 storage boxes. Each of the members of our party of 48 were asked to bring a plastic storage box to Thailand. They are filled with eyeglasses, Carleton athletic t-shirts and old uniforms, sweaters, shoes, and all sorts of goodies for the tribal villages that we will be staying with next week. We surprisingly got through customs rather quickly and with no questions about the boxes!

We are all a little tired but so excited about the days ahead of us. We have a 7:00 AM wake-up call and a buffet breakfast before heading off to one of Thailand's most famous temples.

"Hi" to all our families and friends in the States.

We'll send a new message tomorrow!

Heidi Luehmann Jaynes
Carleton Volleyball Coach