And 5,639 to go, at least on the next leg. Then I have about another 1,500 between San Francisco and Austin. I just had a nice rest at the Transit Hotel. It’s a small but well-appointed and very comfortable room for people with a long layover. The ~6 hours of sleep I got is going to have to hold me until just before Midnight on Sunday.
Once unexpected perk happened upon check-in at the Siem Reap airport. The staff gave me an upgrade to “Business Class,” which his First Class by American standards. They said it was due to the “long journey I had booked,” but I think is was more that my bags were under the weight limit, I waited patiently for the Korean tourist flood (they come in very large groups), and my Khmer language pronunciation was surprisingly good. I noticed that this year I know enough words to be able to follow their conversations with some degree of accuracy. I might only be able to figure out the topic, but that’s a lot more than most foreigners.
I’ve already had my obligatory Whopper here at the airport Burger King in Seoul (it’s kind of a tradition for me now), and I picked up an iced coffee at Starbucks. You’d think I was already in the US… but we don’t vigorously advertise vitamins as “V-food” right next to odd displays of prepackaged dried fish, Coach handbags, Rolex watches, and some sort of miracle ointment. It’s like the 5th avenue version of an Asian market. Much more polished and refined, just as Oriental. Love it!
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