Friday, February 26, 2010

In Trans(it) Pacific

Wow. What a day of travel

4:30am - Leave Young's Dad's house in Honolulu
7:15am - Flight is delayed from 7:15 to 7:50
9:00am - Flight finally takes off
9:25am - Crazy toddler who doesn't like seat belts finally stops crying
9:27am - Toddler starts crying again
9:30am - SOOOO happy I have my Able Planet noise reduction headphones; symphony of kids crying now

Fast forward 12 hours

3:00pm (Taiwan time) - Flight lands in Taipei
3:10pm - Flight to Hong Kong is delayed from 3:45 to 4:15
4:15pm - Flight to Hong Kong takes off
5:50pm - Land in Hong Kong
6:10pm - Through immigration and through customs - my third stamp in 12 months means I can get a frequent visitor card!
6:40pm - Waiting to check into Emirates flight to Bangkok

Coming up....
9:50pm - Flight to Bangkok on Emirates
11:35pm (Bangkok time) - Land in Bangkok

What a long day! Travel time - 17 hours of flying and 9 1/2 hours of waiting. Plus taxi time to my friend Brian's house in Bangkok, and we're looking at 28 to 29 hours of total travel time. Yikes!!!

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