List of First's or "International Travel Rookie Roll"

I'm going to have a bit of fun here - a list of all the 'first's' I can think of as a result of spending two weeks in South East Asia.


  • flying across the Pacific
  • taking malaria meds (the stories about strange dreams afterwards is very true)
  • first foreign visa in my passport (Myanmar Tourist)
  • first time in a right hand drive car (but they still drive on the right - figure that!)
  • first time in ASIA
  • sleeping on a plane
  • airplane meals (surprisingly good - especially the veggie option)
  • first coffee - I was desperate for energy!
  • fresh mangoes
  • rice twice a day all the time
  • taught an English class
  • first time hearing Buddhist meditations (daily at 4AM no less)
  • deep fried bananas
  • leeches, geckos and scorpions!
  • humidity in the 40's
  • visiting a pagoda
  • losing my wallet in Myanmar
  • finding my wallet in Myanmar
  • trying hot pot!
  • eating minnows or some small fish
  • eating at a 'five star' hotel (the Strand Hotel in Yangon)
  • first time being sick in an airport
  • first time finding 'lounge chairs' in an airport
  • first time sleeping in an airport
  • first time going through 'automatic customs' when returning to Canada in Vancouver
There is more but that is enough for now no?

Group shot of the eMi team with our fantastic cooks!


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