Ottawa, September 11, 2019

I will update this blog today while I have some quiet time. With luggage already packed, and just one appointment to attend before departing for a month. I will have my annual eye examination tomorrow, then the countdown begins.
Since I must be at the Ottawa airport at 04;00 in the morning of September 14, I will take a local transit bus out there about eleven P.M., and do some reading and puzzles. For me, that is better than getting up in the wee hours and taking a taxi at much greater cost. At this time, one bus will do the route. With major changes expected after I leave, it will take three buses to come home from the airport on October 15, late at night.
My oldest daughter is making the trip with me to Edmonton, and up to Dawson Creek/Ft St John. She will return home to Ottawa the same date, (21 September), that I fly on to Vancouver, Hong Kong and Bangkok....where I will arrive about 30 hours after departing Edmonton.
Allowing for a day to rest and recover from the long flight, I have my first dental appointment at 11;00 on 24 September. Of the many things I like about Thai dentists, is the fact they are with you from the time you sit in that big chair until they are finished. They do not run around to four or five other patients while working on you....as is done in the States and here in Canada. The facilities are rated about number six in the world....as is the entire Thai medical system.
I have a hotel booked that is close to the Bangkok Smile Dental office, where I will stay for the first week. I am working with an apartment rental firm to book an apartment for the remainder of my time in Thailand.
 If the weather permits, and after the dental work is finished...(I expect at least two appointments), I expect to book a two day trip and travel to the city of Kanchanaburi, which is about three hours north west of Bangkok by van/bus. This is the site of the famous "Bridge on The River Kwai." I was there in 2012, on May 18 to be exact, and wish to do it all again, with the added feature of staying over one night if it can be arranged. How do I remember, you ask...because I still have the rail ticket from that first time there!. 
That is about all for now. I will report in from northern B.C., before heading off to Vancouver and Asia...on 21 September.