Flight from H-E Double Toothpicks

I won't even elaborate on the picture other than to say it was taken at sunset this evening  :-)  


And it is only the flight from h-e-double toothpicks because it soooo long!  Steph and Raelee are nearing Singapore as I write this.  They will be here in 5 hours.  By now, the scare of Tokyo is behind them, and they have wiped their brow in relief of getting through it.  They have gotten on the new plane and have experienced Japanese cuisine at its... worst.  There is no way to put it, the food is icky - but I never would have shared that with her until she left ;-)  


They are so exhausted they are just trying to make it through the last 5 hours of the trip - as of right now, they have been flying over 22 hours.  They are tossing and turning while trying every which way to get comfy.  It doesn't happen at this point.  Steph's feet are beginning to look like balloons or she is miserable from wearing flight hose - not sure which.  She is trying to encourage pR to get through the last of the trip, probably by reminding her granny and papa will be at the airport and Raelee is trying hard.  For a six year old it is incomprehensible.  


They are probably a bit apprehensive as they have just begun to get a taste of the difficulties of understanding the flight crew.  On the flight from Japan, they will have noticed many businessmen and women flying in dress clothes, complete with  jackets and ties, never getting comfy by taking off the cumbersome jackets.  They sit prim and proper until they fall into a deep sleep.  They will have also noticed a lack of friendliness  of the others on the flight - Asian's usually don't converse with the westerners much. 


Soon they will be here and the flight will be behind them.  They will finally get to look forward to all the exploring we can do.  I hope they think it is worth that miserable trip.  


Just a few hours away now  :-)