My body isn’t real sure what time it is right now. It just knows that it is tired.
Here in Bali at the hotel. It is 10:45pm here. Didn’t get checked in until about 9 pm, so didn’t get to do much of anything other than just walk around the resort grounds. It looks just like Mexico at night…
Well, I better try to get some real sleep to get better adjusted to the change…
Well, we missed our flight to Bali because the delayed flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong. So when we arrived in Hong Kong (just as the Bali flight was leaving) they ran us through security and took us to a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Singapore, then we will catch a flight from Singapore to Bali.
On the flight to Hong Kong, all 14 hours of it, the in flight movies did not work. The power port for my laptop didn’t work either, so I listened to music for a while before the battery got close to dying. After that I was finally able to get some sleep, but not sure how much. Once morning came we were watching the time, hoping we would make our flight, but no luck. The flight to Singapore was much better than our flight to Hong Kong. The movies actually worked….and it wasn’t 14 hours. I watched the Incredibles. It was pretty good. I think I might pick up a copy in Indonesia. I hear “DVDs” are only a couple bucks! 
So, now I am sitting in the Singapore Airlines Lounge at the Singapore Airport writing this. I may go and try to grab a shower here in the lounge. I’m sure I am getting pretty ripe…
We get to Bali at about 7pm. I’m sure it will be almost dark when we get there, so we won’t have time to do or see much. That kinda bums me out since that was going to be one of the bright spots of this trip. Now it is just a bright speck…
If I can get any good pictures, I will…
I’m not sure I will be able to travel coach ever again! I am chilling (very tired chilling that is) in the Cathay Pacific’s Swanky Lounge (for free) reading email and eating some Chinese food. Beer and wine is free as well, but it is really late and I am getting sleepy.
Our flight has been delayed 2 hours (so hopefully I can get some sleep in the lounge here), so we will be leaving Vancouver for Hong Kong at 5 am (7 am CST).
Peace out!
Here is what my flights look like on the way over to Indonesia. Hopefully I can get some sleep on the plane!
The way back is similar but I get a night in Hong Kong instead of Bali…
The longest flight I have ever been on was probably 4 or 6 hours. This should be an experience for sure! Maybe I will post something while flying over the Pacific! 
Well, on Friday I leave for 4 weeks. This will be the longest period in almost 9 years that Tasha and I have been apart.
For work, we have been working on a design for a plant in Indonesia for the past 18 months and it is time for commissioning. Five us us from our company are going over there for 1-4 weeks to make sure the system starts up right and runs as designed. I am the only one who gets to go for 4 weeks. Most of the time will be spent working, probably even on the weekends, but it should be a fun trip.
Tasha isn’t looking forward to it. She has class 2 nights a week and has to come home and take care of the dogs. That means feeding them and playing with them ’til they drop and then heading off to bed. I know it will be hard for her. Luckily, my company has agreed to pay a pet sitter to come over 3 days each week to play with and feed the dogs. That way, on nights she has class, they get to have a bit of fun before momma gets home at 9pm. If you want, feel free to call her or email to keep her company…
If all goes well, I will be back by May 13th.
It will be very strange. From what I hear from coworkers over there, there is limited internet access and what I may have will be, at most, a dialup connection. After having broadband for the past 4 or 5 years, that may be pretty painful. I will purchase a SIM card for my phone when I get there, so I will have a different phone number while there if you need to get in contact with me. I will send out an email letting everyone know what the number will be. I am not positive I will be able to access email while there, but if you need to contact me, use my philpeepsATalumni.utexas.net email address. If I can access email, I will do my best to let you know how things are going.
I will try to post updates during my trip to let everyone know how things are going. If not, I’m sure I will give everyone a detailed update when I get back.
With the recent earthquakes and tsunami over there the past several months, I’m sure everyone is concerned that I may be in danger. The island that we will be at is well over 1,600 miles from Sumatera where most stuff has taken place.