- We were gone for three weeks (including travel time)
- Thailand is 12 hours ahead of EST
- We flew from Philadelphia ---> Chicago ---> Seoul, South Korea ---> Bangkok, Thailand = 28.5 hours from doorstep to doorstep
- Spent one night in Bangkok at a really nice hotel (Asian standards here!) and then flew 1.5 hours to Chiang Mai, Thailand the next day
- Bangkok is in the middle of Thailand while Chiang Mai is in the northwest part of Thailand
- Largest city in Thailand: Bangkok
- Second largest city: Chiang Mai
- Temperature in January/February in Thailand: during the day - high 80s at night - mid 60s (Fahrenheit)
- Currency: Thai baht (1 baht = .03 cents; $1.00 = 30.48 baht)
- My favorite currency exchange website: XE (threw that in for fun!)
- Language spoken: Thai, although many people can speak English in the big cities
- Hello in Thai: Sa-wat-dee-ka (female speaker); Sa-wat-dee-kraup (male speaker)
More to come later!
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