Shortly I will be leaving for Phnom Penh via Thai Air. I arrived in Bangkok around 11:30PM. It was roughly 21 hours since I left LAX. All the flights were good and connections were on time. I was just incredibly worn out by the time I got to my hotel (T.K. Palace) in Bangkok. I met a Canadian-Thai at the Tokyo Airport and an American soldier who’s on his way to Korea. Talking to them helped pass the time.

My Bangkok hotel is very nice. It’s a Best Western. It’s terribly humid here! I walked a short distance to a shopping mall - Big C - very western including a KFC. Time to leave for the airport again.

I’m now en route to Phnom Penh via Thai Air. While in the airport I talked with a Cambodian guy named Kong Heng. He knew a little English. I also saw a man I recognized from Long Beach. Turned out he works for the Cambodian Ministry of Education. I met him at Song Tan’s home in Cypress last April for the Cambodian New Year. He was surprised I knew him.

The man across the aisle from me is Italian. He is traveling on vacation throughout Southeast Asia. He’s very pleasant. Fortunately the planes’s not too crowded. I have a whole row of seats to myself. Lunch on the plane even included Wine! The landscape is beautiful as we fly over Thailand and Cambodia - lush green rolling hills everywhere. At least from up here it looks like a beautiful day! The stewardess just announced there’s no picture taking in the Phnom Penh Airport. Go figure!

Trip to Cambodia with John D'Amicantonio