No. 137: Surviving the Mother of All Days

Dawn breaks at the Hong Kong airport and we know we're in for a nightmare of a day. The flight that will take us from Hong Kong to Mexico City is actually three flights, totaling about 26 hours of air and layover time. The first one to Tokyo, on Japan Air, is a breeze because everyone knows that traveling to Japan is like visiting the future. Lots of legroom, people wearing crazy wristwatches, little TVs everywhere and the very last, relatively tasty in-flight meal we'll be served in Asia. Three words: Included noodle sauce. The second flight, to Los Angeles, is the long one. The entire flight, we're nagged by the feeling that we're cheating somehow, like we're coming home early.

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