23-24 December 2003


Travel to Kentucky

747 at sunset in Chicago

The trip home was a long one, 39 hours from the airport in Phnom Penh to the airport in Kentucky.  The itinerary went Phnom Penh/Bangkok/Tokyo/Chicago/Louisville.  The worst part was getting into Bangkok at 10:30 PM and not leaving until 7:00 AM the next morning for Tokyo.  Fortunately, from previous experience, I know a couple places where it's convenient to sleep on the floor in the Bangkok transit lounge so I got a few hours sleep that night.  Chicago was a bit chaotic.  The airport was jammed with people and many flights were delayed.  My flight was assigned to five different gates before we finally took off 1½ hours late.  Fortunately my brother and his sons persevered in their wait for me.  This picture is of a 747 in the setting sun at Chicago.


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