Today was a travel day, a long one, starting at 4:00 AM in Bangkok and ending at 1:30 AM in Louisville.
- Bangkok (4:30 AM)—Departed from the Maryknoll house in Bangkok for a 25-minute ride to the airport
- Bangkok (6:50 AM) Departed on United Airlines on a 5.5 hour flight to Tokyo
- Tokyo (4:40 PM) Departed from Tokyo for a 12-hour flight to Chicago, arriving at 3:00 PM the same day
- Chicago (4:00 PM) Met Ed Rowzee, a seminary school mate, for an Italian dinner
- Chicago (8:50 PM) Departed from Chicago for a 1.5-hour flight to Louisville
- Louisville (11:00 PM) Arrived in Louisville and found my sister's car left in the airport parking lot for me
- Louisville (12:00 midnight) Reached my sister's house
- Louisville (1:30 AM) Finished checking e-mail and updating the website and went to bed
The total time from 4:30 AM in Bangkok until 1:30 AM in Louisville was 31 hours because of flying east across 11 time zones. |