I'm off to see the wizard

Last blog entry .. From Thailand ;(

So this is it, I've gone to see the wizard and now I've got to slip on my ruby red shoes and click my heels. "Theres no place like home" ... For the first time on this trip I'm truly at a loss for words. Its been a great adventure and although physically I've been here alone I feel like I've had all of you here with me the whole time. It was always fun reading the comments to all the fun and weird things I've done. Well I'm not going to get any deeper here, I've only got 6 more hours before I'm off to the airport so I'm going to get a nice long massage, sit around the pool and have a beer and then maybe get another massage! When I was talking to my Uncle Steve a few weeks ago he mentioned it would be interesting to see how many hours I've traveled and I had been keeping track so I figured I'd post it here. I have it all written out in one of my books, with all the destinations and the time but I'll just post the totals and if you don't believe me you can see for yourself when I get back.
Train - 65hrs
Bus - 75 hrs
Plane - 40 hrs
Boat - 27 hrs
Total - 207 hrs or 8.6 days

And that is just the long journeys, it doesn't include all the hours on public transport (sawng thauw, tuk tuk, moto taxi, long tail boat, bike, elephant, etc.) or all the hours of walking. All together I'd guess that would add up to atleast another one or two hundred hours. So when I saw that half of my trip was traveling, I mean it literally but I had some of my best times while traveling and most of my worst!

So tonight I'm leaving here at 11:40 and I arrive in Tokyo at 7:30 am but then I have all day to sit around and wait for my flight at 5:15 pm. That alone should be an adventure wondering around the tokyo airport, sleeping on benches, fun fun! And then on the 8th I'll be pulling into Toronto at 3:30 pm after a nice 12 hour flight! See you then!

posted by Brandon Share @ 1:56 PM