I am on the road again and this time to the beautiful country of Malaysia. It doesn’t seem too long ago that Peter, Aaron and I jumped on a plane and traveled for hours to Spain; this time we brought Bryan with us.
It is now 7 am here and I have been up for 2 hours – thanks jetlag. I was too wiped to even crack open my computer last night so I figured since I am up I will update a little here.
We left for the airport in Seattle on Wednesday night about 11 pm and we arrived in KL 11 pm Seattle time (2 pm here on Friday). It was a long flight! Our first leg was about 12.5 hours (Seattle to Taipei, Taiwan). We all barely slept on that flight so it was quite brutal. Then we had a 5 hour layover in Taipei and we were quite out of it with all the time difference already.
Our adventures started at SeaTac where the airline agents wouldn’t let Peter and Bryan bring their guitars on the plane with us. It was understandably a full flight but there was room; unfortunately they made them gate check the guitars in their soft cases. I think what was worse was that they kept telling us that they couldn’t guarantee the integrity of the guitars when placed in the belly of the plane. Duh! We are quite aware the scenario and would have rather carried it on. I am happy to report that the guitars made it in tact to Taipei and we were then allowed to carry it on to our connecting flight to KL.
It’s hot and humid here in KL. We felt it as soon as we step off the plane. We were even starting to perspire just from standing in line at the customs check point. Aaron is loving the humidity though. We were originally scheduled to attend a prayer meeting in the evening after our arrival but were surprised and thankful to find out that we had the night off. Our hosts are amazing and have gone far and above to make us welcomed. We are staying into a really luxurious hotel, The Gardens Hotel, that is also connected to a mega mall called the Mid Valley Mega Mall. It seems like their version of the Great Mall of America – hence Mega Mall.
My parents drove up to meet and hang with us so that is really exciting. After we got settled in and we all took a long need shower (brushing our teeth felt so good), we met up with my parents and headed out for dinner. It was a fun relaxing night for us and then we called it a night pretty early since we were worn out.
Bryan and I are sharing a room and we were both up at 5 this morning. Bryan decided to go work out while I worked out my typing skills, checking emails and doing some work. It is time to get ready now for our day ahead. We are heading to the church to set up and sound check for the Sunday services and also we are participating in the youth service tonight. It is going to be an exciting day and I am looking forward to it. So until later, here are some pictures so far…
Trying my hand at photo taking, not so good attempt at the SeaTac airport.
Posing at the Hello Kitty kids area at the Taipei International Airport.
OUR TEAM (in the transit lounge)
Aaron Welk
Peter Blue
Bryan Wall
And me
Hello Kitty even has a world map with the time zones on it
Here’s us packed into the van with all our gear
Easing the guys into the local fare….YUM!
