Asian Sabbatical - Day #33 - Travel

Monday, August 1st
I have to write down the travel times involved on these trips - as it's truly amazing what it takes to get to certain places in the world.

So - unlike my arriving flight into Tokyo 4-weeks ago when I lost most of 1-day, my return flight involved a marathon day of travel.  Monday, Aug 1st was about 38 hours long for me.

I boarded my international flight on time and departed Bangkok for Tokyo at 12:30am.  We arrived into Tokyo around 8:30am local time (but Tokyo was 2 hours ahead - so roughly a 6 hour flight).  I got through the international transfers check-in area to my gate for the next flight - Tokyo-Chicago-O'Hare.  This flight was set to leave around 10:20am locally.  I didn't have much time when I arrived into Tokyo to make it to the gate.  All good.  The flight to Chicago boarded on-time and I was off to the USA.

I arrived into Chicago-O'Hare around 8:30am local time - about a 12-hr flight.  (Actually arriving earlier than when I left). It went really well.  I dosed off on a couple occasions - probably getting 4 hours of sleep.  The rest of the time was spent reading and watching movies.

Upon arriving into Chicago-O'Hare, it only took me about 20 minutes to get through customs, passport control, and pick up my checked bag.  I then took a 2-train connection over to Midway Airport.  The transfer was smooth and took about 1-hour.  I have a return flight to St. Louis at 2:45pm - arriving into St. Louis at 3:50pm.

I'm writing this at the gate in Midway waiting my flight departure.  I'm just trying to stay awake a little bit longer.

Hopefully a good flight and a 1-hour drive -- I'll be in Ste. Genevieve early evening tonight.

LATER - coming live from Ste. Genevieve, MO.  The final portion of my travel went well.  I stepped into moms house right at 6pm.  Exhausted -- thankful!