This is the final post for this trip. For me, the flight to
Hawaii was not the best. It was with Korean Air and so it had the same selection
of movies and TV shows to watch. There is a pattern to these long flights. You
are served a meal (this time I chose chicken, which was a pretty American meal –
salad, chicken, rice, a roll and custard for dessert. Steve chose Bi-bim-bap
which has become his favorite Korean food (I think it is because he can
pronounce it). Bi-bim-bap is what we had when we came over, only then we didn’t
know what it was or how to eat it. Now we learned that it is a bowl of a bunch
of different things and rice on the side. You put the rice in and some of the
sauce packets you are given and mix it up and eat it. I think he had kimchi
rather than salad and the same dessert and roll.
On this flight we crossed the dateline again, only this time
we left Japan on a Friday night and arrived here in HI on Friday morning before
we left Japan. I still have trouble getting my head around that!
Looking back this has been an amazing trip and we have
connected with some good friends along the way. In some ways it is not how I
like to travel. I like to be in one place for longer. I feel sort of confused
between Korea and Japan and the Philippines seems so long ago. We were not in
any particular place long enough to meaningfully connect with people there. We
did benefit from knowing people in each place who guided us and showed us
things from a local perspective at least.
Here in Hawaii I am getting to meet several people that I have
not seen for years. There are a few friends that I made while here living in HI
from 1990-1993. There was also a friend who I have not seen since High School
who is living here and that I reconnected with through Facebook! It has been a good way to gradually return
home. Tomorrow is the crazy night flight from Honolulu – Maui – Los Angeles –
Austin. It will be good to be home.
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