West to the East

Ted. As Christopher Columbus hoped to do, we traveled west on January 1 to get to Asia. He never did get there but we made it safely. Even today, it is not a trip for the faint hearted. 

The first leg of our journey was a 14-1/2 hr non-stop flight on Delta Airlines from Atlanta over Alaska and along the coast of Siberia to Tokyo. We arrived mid afternoon on January 2 and dragged our weary butts to a hotel in the terminal. It was a very nice and, before turning in, we wandered around the terminal to visit the many little shops and get a bite to eat. 

Look whose lurking in Tokyo Haneda Airport

Japanese toilets are complicated!

We started the next morning with a Japanese breakfast.

Salmon roll - yum!

We then took a Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore during which we got a great view of Mount Fuji from our window. This is one of our favorite airlines and they spoiled us! On landing we enjoyed our brief layover at the world's best airport; Singapore Changi.

One of many gardens

Next, we caught our connecting flight on to Bangkok. Again, we crawled to our hotel in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport and, too tired to eat, headed straight to our room. 

Hyatt Regency lobby

Today is January 4 and we are about to commence a 2-1/2 week exploration of Thailand. The first part will be to venture downtown to wander Bangkok for four days. We leave this country on January 20 and the next 2-1/2 months will involve short stays in Singapore and Malaysia, a long stay in Vietnam and then three weeks in Japan, returning to Georgia on April 1. 

We’ll be in touch!