Arrived!

 

I’ve landed!

I was getting pretty worried about my first Covid test results as I needed the result to depart. The results were emailed to me at 2:06am, just 4.5 hours before my first flight from MSP! I probably could have gotten away without having them before leaving Tokyo for Bangkok, but I’m glad they got in before leaving MPS.

The journey was pretty interesting. Started in Minnesota with below freezing temps and frost on my windshield, then down to Texas for temps in the 70s (I got just a bit of fresh air on deboarding), then flying back north over the Dakotas, Canada, and Alaska with snow on the ground and frozen lakes! As we flew more and more northerly, shadows on the ground became longer and longer, until, near Barrow, Alaska (almost exactly the midpoint between Dallas and Tokyo), there was no sun since we were several degrees north of the Arctic Circle. The weather in Bangkok is pleasant, perhaps in the 70s, but quite humid and I was still wearing my long-johns!

I was pleasantly surprised to see my checked luggage arrive in Bangkok without issue; I fully expected that it would have been held up, maybe in MSP, as most of its contents, by mass and volume, are foods, jams, jellies, salsas, and beer, from my mother. Definitely not a problem to have goodies in the luggage, but glad to see that it’s all arrived.

Much appreciation to Brian Messer for the early morning drive to MSP!


Approaching Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT). Mt. Fuji on the horizon, just right-of-center.

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