22 Hours On A Plane

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Are you kidding me? I have committed myself to sitting on a plane for 22 hours. While this is not airtime, it is likely that my actual sitting time will be closer to one full day. Let me say that another way, I will be sitting on the same plane, without interruption for twenty four hours.

Chicago/Tokyo/Bangkok

One plane, one people one planet, but one entire freaking day?

The worst part will be coming back. During my trip to Ghana I realized that it is worth suffering the awfulness of overseas air travel when there is a prize at the end. Prior to coming home, for a fleeting second I considered trying to make a go of it in Ghana, just so I could avoid the flight home.

And those flights were two nine hour segments. Seems like chicken feed compared to the daunting journey ahead.

On the upside, the travel time is about as quick as you can get on commercial, and I know that there will be an amazing pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Doesn't really matter, cos I'm locked in now, and my heart is starting to pound with fear and anticipation. That feels about right.

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Travel 2.0

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Ok, so this neophyte traveller is publicly comitted to going to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. I am not a serious or professional world seeker. It may sound really cool that I went to Africa, but the fact is that Ghana is a really loving, welcoming and cool place. Plus they speak English there. Ghana is known as Africa for Beginners on the net.

The next step will present new challenges. Language barriers, border crossings, rampant scams and corruption are all anticipated.

None of these things were an issue in Ghana, but they will have to be considered as I move forward.