Here we go again. Robert and I are sent to have another crazy adventure. If you followed my last blog, welcome back! If I did a really terrible job alerting you to the fact that I was 1) going on the first crazy adventure or 2) keeping a blog, welcome!!
Tomorrow morning Robert and I get on a plane to Singapore, where we will catch another flight to Bangkok, Thailand, where our adventure begins. We plan to spend about four months in Southeast Asia, some as-yet-to-be-determined combination of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia.
I will try to blog as regularly as possible; this time with pictures! If you have never listened to The Moth Podcast, google it and start listening immediately.(" The Moth features true stories, told live, without notes.") I mention it because at the close of each podcast, the host says, "I hope you have a story-worthy week." I like the phrase, so I am going to steal it to denote the best story that Robert or I acquired since my last post. For example:
Today's Story-Worthy Story:
Today was a challenging day of last minute errands and final preparations for our trip. It was a mix of wins and losses, with their attendant highs and lows. It seemed like just as we managed to cross one item off the To-Do List, we remembered two more to add. One errand that we unequivocally count in the win category was our passport photos. Many travel sites recommend that you take 10-12 passport photos with you so you always have them on hand to get visas or other ID cards made. We went to Walgreens and asked them to take passport photos for us. When the guy revealed they would charge $4/photo, we were taken aback. $40 bucks is a lot to spend on measly photos.
We left, determined to do it ourselves. Robert, genius that he is, googled it and found us a very helpful website that coached us through taking our own photos, cropped them for us and created a neat 4x6 of 5 photos for us. We printed 3 copies each through Walgreens' online photo printing service, waited an hour before picking them up and only spent $1.23!!!! Ha-HA, Walgreens. Take that. I attached our mug shots, enjoy!
3 comments:
I'm sorry I didn't get to see you guys before yall left. Have a lot of fun and be safe and vigilant of your surroundings.
I think this will be such an amazing, life changing event!! Have an amazing time. And come back alive.
LOL You know you can smile in your passport photos...I did at least ;). I will miss you guys!!!!! Can't wait to follow you guys on this adventure. Be safe out there and will see you guys when you return!
Love Lindsay, Dietrich and Cody!
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