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Well, the jetlag is not too bad. arrived at the Best Western Amaranth at 10:30 after a 2.5 hr flight from Hong Kong. worst part of that trip was the 15 degree AC in the shuttle bus from the terminal.
First thing that tells you you're not in Canada any more (apart from the temperature and the fact that white faces are a huge minority) is the smell. Its a mix of wet vegetation, mold and burning wood. Doesn't ssound it but its actually very nice.
The hotel is a very modern western style hotel, but the llobby is full of display cases of feng-shui rocks which hamonize the aura and bring "superluck". Actually its pretty in teresting geologically too.
Had a very nice norther Thai meal and beer in a little open air restaurant for 10$ for all four of us. Back to the hotel and slept like a log. Still feeling a bit jet lagged, but not too bad. Nice swin in thr hotel pool, (the sun is hot at eight in the morning, going to be brutal in the afternoon).
We're just getting readyto move to another hotel closer to downtown where we'll stay for a few days while we work with colleagues from the national natural history museum. We'll go see some very large outdoor markets and temples today.
Talk t you all later
Glenn
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