Departing an old life for the new one
May 21st 2011 With your ticket in one hand passport in the other you are standing in line awaiting your ticket to be scanned and verified by the airline before you board the plane. You look around at the sea of faces for another westerner but you are alone. For the next nine and a half hours you will be solo flying over the pacific ocean. There is no turning back once you step onto the plane for pre-boarding. Y
... read more