Highlight of my flight: watching "He's Just Not That In To You". I watched it at least 4 times, and it is my new favorite movie.

It reminds me of somone...

-Ben

Landed in Tokyo!

Yo yooooo. Fresh and clean in Tokyo, Japan. I fell in love with a Japanese airline stewardess named Hiroshima...she pours the freshest Diet Coke around. We played a ton of Tetris, watched three movies and read a good bit on the way over. All in all, the thirteen hour flight flew by -- pun intended.

Next up for this crew: a hot bowl of noodles and some Japanese beers.

at JFK

We are at our gate with 2 hours to go. Unfortunately we all have middle seats, but at least we are sitting close to each other. Here is our flight info:

Japan Airlines 047
NY JFK 10:05 am
Tokyo Narita 12:55 pm JST

If you know any good sushi places at the Tokyo airport for our layover, let us know.

Japan Airlines 707
Tokyo Narita 7:05pm JST
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International 11:40 PM ICT

Shout out to Ratavy-- looking forward to seeing you at the airport in Bangkok.

-tweet tweet (Ben)

THAILAND TOMORROW!!

The day is finally upon us! In less than 10 hours, Anthony, Ben, Vasant, and I will be airborne enroute to Thailand. It's hard to believe we planned this trip MAYBE three weeks ago -- a shorter period than our entire 26-day tour. It's only been 6 hours, and I'm already tired of hearing the phrase "dickfor". That's nothing new though. Big shout-out to Mama Burr for an amazing send-off meal this evening.

Above is our last photo on American soil. Though I suspect my travel-mates won't get into too much trouble, I'm putting myself at around 90% to make it back with all my limbs and without an international arrest record.

At 10:05 tomorrow morning, we begin our 13-hour flight to Tokyo, where will we spend 5 hours before our 6-hour connecting flight to Bangkok.

Bagels in the morning. Hova.

-Kyle

3 days!

we booked a great looking hostel today in Chaing Mai. the city is known for its "floating markets" and an otherwise thumping night life. it'll also be the launching point for our treks, which are pretty infamous in this region amongst backpackers -- daily hikes through the countryside punctuated by night stays in authentic thai villages. i think it'll be our first real taste of Thai life (away from the typical tourist traps). plus we ride phat elephants.

malarone for $180!? c'mon now....dayquil cures all, even malaria.

one week away!

we're out in a week. get that deet ready.

i just bought a pair of $4.90 shoes -- i figure, i won't mind losing these....with free shipping and handling, the total came to: $4.90. simpleshoes.com > clearance.

ill.

yo yo

we are just under two weeks away from our flight. after spending a quiet evening of packing and picking up last minute supplies in west islip, new york (the house that burr built), we push off from JFK for the first leg of our flight, to Tokyo.

till then, we sit idle in our respective hometowns. kyle is already getting antsy, having asked twice if we "could just leave now." when not avoiding the paparazzi or ditching reporters, anthony (the lesser half of 4100's star couple, Kanthony), our third trekker has just returned to north carolina after playing house. benny awaits his backpack in the mail (one might wonder if he is more excited for the backpack or the trip...) and i continue to find innovative ways to somehow pack a hair dryer. alas, the planning continues.

a huge shout out to my buds at work, Olaino, Mike and Gary, for hooking me up with a great netbook! blogs posts will be aplenty -- and I promise to bring it back in perfect conditions (so long as a lady boy doesn't walk off with it). also, shout out to sarah dickerson, who is our first unoffical blog groupie.

as you can tell, not much to update now - but an update none the less. till the next episode.