As I sit in the restaurant of my airport hotel getting breakfast on, I find myself thinking about yesterdays travel. Travelling to SE Asia from the west coast is no small feat. This is my third time making the crossing and for all intents and purposes it was by far the smoothest and mentally it was by far the calmest I’ve ever been. In keeping with the theme of this whole blog I am trying to be very mindful of all the stimulus traps I find myself in regularly. TV FB socials etc, I very recently have discovered a love for classical and orchestral music. I have to say, walking through an airport with some epic Beethoven crescendo playing through my ear buds was one of the most calming and comical things I have ever done. 17 hours of flights is much too long to read the whole time so i was watching movies for a bunch of it, but for a large portion I was just sitting listening to Beethoven, Bachs, and Vivaldi and contemplating life. It was the calmest I think I’ve ever felt in my adult life.
The Highlight of yesterdays travel without a doubt was when my adolescent seat neighbor decided that I was a better pillow then her mother on her other side and proceeded to sleep the deepest I’ve ever seen a human sleep for over an hour, my partner has told me many times that I am very comfortable and I guess that proves that theory. what made it such a wholesome moment was the shock and confusion in her eyes when she woke cuddled up to a stranger and her moms silent thank you’s for letting her daughter sleep.
Surprisingly enough the food served on Cathay Pacific flights is actually pretty damn good, the Char Su and rice we were served during one of the meals was just as good as I’ve gotten it from restaurants throughout Thailand, All in all it was a great start to this trip, today I travel to Chiang Mai to actually start touring and I cant wait
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