IN bANGKOK

Well, after numerous delays due to West Coast Fog, we finally left LA at 9pm. We were supposed to leave at 12:30pm from San Fran. 12 hour flight to Osaka was great in an Airbus 340. Individual DVD players/gaming systems per seat were great for the kids. As a bonus of the delay we got to fly Thai airways instead of United as previously scheduled. We have always loved all the Thai carriers. In Osaka, we refueled and then another 6 hours to Bangkok--can't believe how modernized the airport has become! Okay, two more flights to go...Bangkok to Yangon and then Yangon to Mandalay. But for now a few hours of R and R and surfing. (BTW read some great articles in the Feb 14 issue of the New York Review of Books--highly recommended!)