Sunday night I left the US for the first time since 2003 and again crossed the world; this time to Thailand. I left Sunday night, arrived Wednesday afternoon.... a long flight. With spirits high, I hopped a plane from Seattle bound for a 14 hour flight at 1:30AM. Tapai, Tawan was the next stop and from there strait to Bangkok. On neither flight did I sleep much, maybe 3-4 hours off and on but it was comfortable and there were personal screens on which to watch movies or shows of my choice. I finally got into Bangkok at 1:30 in the afternoon and went through customs and immigration then went outside dreading what I would face... taxis. I was not looking forward to jumping into one of the craziest cities in the world on my own
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