BKK to NYC

32 hours after leaving my Bangkok apt., my NYC life begins again in this new year, but I will never forget this amazing month I had the privilege of spending in Thailand.  KobKunKrabMeungTái (Thank you Thailand)!

Now for my last blog post:
Bangkok airport is as crazy as you'd imagine it:

 Lots of waiting around on this trip, 

 but I channeled some of the Buddha's tranquility and patience, and I was never annoyed!

 Then I got to Beijing's brand new, beautiful airport:

(not at all as crazy as you'd imagine it)

 where I waited for 7 hours (many in this place):

 before my NY-bound plane took off:

There were great views of the wing and the sky,

 but time became really confusing - with a 12-hour time difference and the sun coming up, or was it going down?  ...

 I got in touch with celestial time

while really missing Thai food!  

 I arrived to a freezing mountain of snow in NY (and under-dressed of course):

but I got to meet my hypnotically-cute nephew, and marvel at the fact that my little sister is now a mom!  Lots of "wow!" 

 

The bottom line:   Life is a trip.