April 2005
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Sun 17 Apr 2005

Posted by Philip Peeples under
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I had some time to kill before breakfast this morning, so I was going to take some pictures. As soon as I stepped outside, the lense fogged up. I guess that means there are already enough pictures of Bali around the ‘net…
It should be better in Soroako…
- peeps
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Sun 17 Apr 2005

Posted by Philip Peeples under
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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…
- peeps
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Sun 17 Apr 2005

Posted by Philip Peeples under
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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…
- peeps
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Sat 16 Apr 2005

Posted by Philip Peeples under
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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!
- peeps
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Thu 14 Apr 2005

Posted by Philip Peeples under
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Here is what my flights look like on the way over to Indonesia. Hopefully I can get some sleep on the plane!
- 4.33 hrs - Dallas » Vancouver B.C.
- 13.66 hrs - Vancouver B.C. » Hong Kong
- 4.66 hrs - Hong Kong » Bali
- 1 night at the Sheraton Laguna Nusa Dua in Bali
- 1.25 hrs - Bali » Ujung Pandang
- Then a puddle jumper to Soroako. Not sure how long that flight is…
- 24.9+ hrs
The way back is similar but I get a night in Hong Kong instead of Bali…
- A puddle jumper from Soroako to Ujung Pandang.
- 2.25 hrs - Ujung Pandang » Jakarta
- 4.92 hrs - Jakarta » Hong Kong
- 1 night on Hong Kong
- 12.08 hrs - Hong Kong » Vancouver B.C.
- 4.13 hrs - Vancouver B.C » Dallas
- 23.4+ hrs
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!
- peeps
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