Day 18 - Homeward Bound

We overslept by an hour. Within twenty minutes we were showered and packed. We missed the 4:00 shuttle, so we had to take a cab. Everything went smoothly at the airport. Once we got settled in, I wanted to get the $100 or so of Nepalese money exchanged. No one will touch it. I’m hoping we can get it changed when we get home.

Our first flight was from Bangkok to Tokyo. It was about six hour long. Tokyo is the only place I have seen where you have to back through security when you get off of a plane going for a connection.

The flight from Tokyo to Chicago was uneventful. It was an eleven hour flight.

We were supposed to have about a two hour layover and then head back to Buffalo. It showed the flight leaving the C concourse. When we got there, they changed to the B concourse. We got there and they changed it back to the C concourse. It was almost two hours late. We were getting very tired by this point. Once we pulled back from the terminal, we sat for almost an hour before we took-off.

We get to have two Fridays this week. We traveled for almost forty hours.

It was good to be home after a long trip. It seemed strange last night. I woke up twice and thought I was still somewhere in Asia. I didn’t recognize where I was. [Kim: I woke up last night thinking our guide would be joining us.] It’s nice to go on vacation, but it’s like they say, “There’s no place like home”.