Sleepless in Seattle

It's 2:11 AM and with each passing minute i'm getting closer to my flight to Asia...eek! I haven't even started packing! Strangely enough, i'm not panicking and i'm not even tired. I'm just nervous and excited for what's in store.

Sure, Grant and I have backpacked twice in Europe, but Asia? It's a whole different animal: languages I can't read, knowing only little bits of Thai (mostly phrases like "Can you lower the price?" or "Where is the bathroom?"), and of course the constant fear that i'll be plagued with diarrhea for the entire trip.

Hopefully i'll be lucky enough to not use my stock of Imodium for at least a week or two.

Well, I better start packing. At this rate I won't get to sleep until 7AM. It's okay though, the flight from Seattle to Seoul is 12 hours, then another 5 hours to Bangkok; so there will be plenty of time to sleep.