Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Hey guys!  This is Ashley, but Sean is right beside me...we have both managed to come down with some kind of brutal stomach flu and are both home sick today :( it was a super rough night last night which SUCKED because we were hoping to celebrate, because...WE BOOKED OUR FLIGHTS YESTERDAY!!  It was pretty exciting.  Even though it's still over 8 months away, locking in our flights made this all feel that much more "real" to us.

We found awesome flights through Flight Centre that are able to fly into Bali but depart from Bangkok.  We will be booking all of our smaller domestic flights once we get there (because we don't want to be too tied down to a set plan) but at this point we know we will be arriving in Bali on Sunday, March 2nd and leaving Bangkok on Tuesday, April 1st.  Whatever happens in between is still yet to be decided.

We did, however, choose flights with a 17 hour layover in Hong Kong, China on the way to Bali, and a 24 hour layover in Tokyo, Japan on the way home from Bangkok.  We are going to actually get a hotel room in both cities and do a little bit of exploring, so that will be cool.  From what I've seen of Hong Kong, it will be quite a hit of culture shock before we fly to Bali the next morning.

It kind of blows my mind to think of how far away we are actually going.  Sean has been this far from home before, but I haven't.  Even Europe wasn't this far, and wasn't this different.  We have a total of 20 hours fly time on our way to Bali.  Our longest flight will be 14 hours (Vancouver - Hong Kong)...pretty crazy.

Our fundraising efforts have been going really well :) a special thank you goes out to Brenda for her online donation on the gofundme page (http://gofundme.com/ashleyandsean), to Wanda for her donation, to Marva for her donation in exchange for us doing some lawn work for her, and to all of our friends who donated bottles and cans to our bottle drive and silent auction items for our fundraising concert.  I am in the process of locking down a venue for a fundraiser concert in the next few months, as well as some donation items for a silent auction.  It will be a night of music, food, drinks, and good times all for an amazing cause.

Ashley Fundraising in the Rain

We just want to thank you all again SO much.  Your support means the world to us and we will continue to update you all as things happen.

Lots of love to all of your beautiful faces,

Ashley & Sean