Our First Harvest

Getting up early

Since my girlfriend has a lot to do on a daily basis, we have to get up before dawn to harvest vegetables.  There are no lights at the greenhouse, so she is picking the larger plants while I hold my cellphone up with the flashlight on.  It felt great.  Now, let's go get the kids to school!  But first, let's drop of some of these vegetables to a few food stands to sell.  Did I mention that this was only my 2nd day here?

The First Day of My Real Thai Life

Didn't start off well

My first day actually started at the BKK airport, and not getting the Visa extension.  Was it because I couldn't talk to the right person?  Did I say something wrong?  Was I wrong in thinking that I could actually get the extension?  Not sure, at this point, it doesn't matter.  But the woman working in the office was so rude to me that I wasn't about to keep pursuing it for fear I would be denied entry.  That would probably not happen, but I had little sleep in 3 days, and my problem solving skills were not at their best.

After immigration, I had to find my ride to DMK, so I can get my final flight.  I explained why and more details in my previous post on the full journey.  One last trip to get to the townhouse, and I could relax, but that didn't quite go as planned, either.

A Massive Trek to Central Thailand

40 hours of transportation

Leaving Chicago

Talk about anxious and nervous.  I am taking a massive risk and it is all starting now.  All the prep, all the planning comes to a head when I have to step out the door of my comfy little box, and head out to the other side of the world to see if my plan will even work.  At least the weather was helping convince me to get the hell out of Chicago!

The weather wasn't helping my nerves much.  I was nervous my flight wouldn't get out, they were plowing the runways as I left!  Obviously, we took off.  Once we were in the air, I was very concerned about my 50 minute layover in San Francisco heading to Japan.