Tomorrow is the day I leave, and I can't believe it's here! I will take a 2 hour flight to Miami, and then a 9 hour and 45 minute (!!!) flight to Rio. This will be the longest plane ride I've ever been on, and the first time I will be crossing the equator.
In other news, the was a moderate earthquake in Indonesia, a 6.3 on the Richter scale. What's amazing to me is that so many people (5, 700 as of this post) have died. I was in several earthquakes in the 6.0 to 6.5 range when I lived in California, and very few (if any) people died. What a testament to the improved building codes we have here.
This is the second or third major quake to strike the region recently, one of which was responsible for the 2004 tsunami. It's also home to Krakatoa and Mt. Tambora, two of the most violent volcanic eruptions in history.
Mt. Tambora, in 1815, put so much ash in the air that it dropped world wide temperatures. The following July it snowed in New England, and many referred to that as the "Year Without a Summer." Krakatoa, in 1883, caused a tsunami that killed over 30, 000 people. Both are part of the Ring of Fire.
2 comments:
ive been in airplane before mrs. q but ive never been in one that long ive been in one that is 8hrs long it was kinda boring whatching the old people sleep while i was all energetic...
Hey Felipe! It wasn't that bad, actually - we each had our own TV and we could pick a movie to watch from a menu - I also watched about 2 hours worth of music videos!
The worst part was trying to sleep - those seats were uncomfortable! I arrived in Rio exhausted.
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