This blog comes courtesy of my wonderful teammate, Caitlyn, who was smart enough to take note of EVERY piece of our travel between Nicaragua and Thailand. Enjoy!
Travel Days
Here is a little insight into the CRAZY life of a World Racer. This is the travel itinerary of B Squad from January 4th until January 7th, traveling from Nicaragua to Thailand.
Wednesday January 4
3:30 am Wake up at the beach in Nicaragua, pack up tent and backpack, prepare for departure from island.
4:45 am Leave the island in Nicaragua.
note: in order to leave the island the entire squad, all 50ish of us, had to load our backpacks onto a horse and buggy, walk half a mile to the boat, load bags from horse buggy to boat, get on the very small boat to cross the water, get off the boat, unload the backpacks from the boat. This had to be done a few times in order to get the entire squad off the island.
7:15 am Load the (school) bus to Managua.
10:00 am Arrive at the airport in Managua.
1:30 pm Board airplane to leave Managua at 2:00 pm.
3:45 pm Get off the plane, still in Managua, and wait until broken pipe on plane is fixed.
5:00 pm Get back on the plane.
5:30 pm Lift off from Nicaragua! Finally headed to Atlanta.
10:30 pm Arrive in Atlanta. Hola United States! Slight time change, we move an hour forward, therefore it is actually 11:30 pm.
Thursday January 5
12:30 am Arrive safely at the hotel, eat chick-fil-a, open Christmas presents from family, take a HOT shower, repack backpack. (no sleeping included.)
note: an AMAZING person donated money so we were able to have hotel rooms and chick-fil-a for this night, I would just like to re-say this person is AMAZING and I pray the Lord blesses them as much as they have blessed B Squad.
4:00 am Leave hotel and head to the airport.
7:00 am Board flight for Los Angeles.
7:30 am Leave Atlanta and head for Los Angeles.
12:00 pm Arrive at LAX, where it is actually only 9:00 am.
12 hour layover.
10:20 pm Board plane to South Korea.
10:45 pm Goodbye America!
And here is where things get tricky…
Friday January 6
1:00 pm (California time) We arrive in South Korea, only to find out we have time traveled to the future and it is actually January 7th at 4:00 am.
Saturday January 7
4:00 am Arrive in South Korea, reschedule our brains for the time change. Prepare for the third, yes THIRD 12 hour layover.
4:55 pm Board our last plane to Thailand.
10:00 pm Get off the plane in Thailand, tired beyond belief.
11:30 pm Arrive at the YWAM headquarters.
11:31 pm Thank the Lord for bringing us safely through 4 flights, 3 layovers, and a whole bunch of sleepless nights.
Tuesday January 9
10:00 am – 2:00 pm Cultural Training
3:30 pm Told that we have to be packed and ready to go to the bus station in 15 minutes.
3:45 pm Packed and ready to go PRAISE the LORD
4:30 pm Pack the truck
4:50 pm Board the truck and head for the bus station
6:00 pm Get to the bus station, buy tickets and are settle in to wait until the 8:00 bus leaves for Chaingrai
8:00 pm Bus leaves for Changrai. It’s supposedly a 12 hour busride.
Wednesday January 10
7:00 am Arrive in Chaingrai where we are met by Gai, our translator, ministry contact and host
8:00 am Finally arrive at our final destination, Khaodee Children’s Home, where we’ll be serving for the month!
Praise the LORD for His faithful provision over our six days of travel! He is so good to us!
