On a Wing And a Prayer
We've checked in, sent our luggage on it's way, and we're spending out last minutes here at gate A13 in the new Terminal 3 in Singapore, awaiting our plane for Hong Kong. T3 is probably the most sophisticated, comfortable, easy and well-designed airport terminals in the world. Kudos to whoever designed this place; it's such a pleasure to be well cared for when you're tired and ready to go home. Oh, and for the guys out there, the men's bathroom is quite a trip: the urinals look out of waist-up windows onto the tarmac, so there's a nice view when you pee. I'm sure the view looking back at us is not quite as exciting, but hopefully those guys are watching the planes, not us. And there's a convenient little picture of a fly in the bottom of the uninal in case you need something to aim at!
Lenka and I are both on the road to recovery from our colds, so we're not anticipating any dramatic problems flying home. We had the energy this morning to meet up with our friend Kathleen, a customer of ours who lives here in Singapore. Kathleen was kind enough to take us out to breakfast, and then for some traditional Kopi (they do great cofffee and tea variations here in Singapore). Our time together was too brief, but served as yet another great reminder of the tremendous value of friendships. Thanks Kathleen, we'll stay longer next time and would love to visit the hawker centers with you!
\We haven't heard from Ian yet today, so I'm assuming that means he finally made it out of Bombay on his way to Europe. His last e-mail sounded pretty frustrating, so let's hope that things have turned out for the better. Perhaps your good wishes reached the travel gods and they blessed his onward journey!
We've got 4 hours in Hong Kong, then the hop across the Other Pond (the Pacific) directly to SFO. My friend David will be picking us up, and I just got a nice box of cashew cookies for him as a reward. I wonder if he'll read this before seeing us, and spoil the surprise ;-)
Singapore is sometimes criticized for being too clean, too easy, too well planned; in our case we were grateful for all of these things, as it makes a nice, easy transition back from the intensity of India. It's nice sometimes when things just work, you know?
Ok, just a quicky. See you on the other side.
Love,
Mark & Lenka
Lenka and I are both on the road to recovery from our colds, so we're not anticipating any dramatic problems flying home. We had the energy this morning to meet up with our friend Kathleen, a customer of ours who lives here in Singapore. Kathleen was kind enough to take us out to breakfast, and then for some traditional Kopi (they do great cofffee and tea variations here in Singapore). Our time together was too brief, but served as yet another great reminder of the tremendous value of friendships. Thanks Kathleen, we'll stay longer next time and would love to visit the hawker centers with you!
\We haven't heard from Ian yet today, so I'm assuming that means he finally made it out of Bombay on his way to Europe. His last e-mail sounded pretty frustrating, so let's hope that things have turned out for the better. Perhaps your good wishes reached the travel gods and they blessed his onward journey!
We've got 4 hours in Hong Kong, then the hop across the Other Pond (the Pacific) directly to SFO. My friend David will be picking us up, and I just got a nice box of cashew cookies for him as a reward. I wonder if he'll read this before seeing us, and spoil the surprise ;-)
Singapore is sometimes criticized for being too clean, too easy, too well planned; in our case we were grateful for all of these things, as it makes a nice, easy transition back from the intensity of India. It's nice sometimes when things just work, you know?
Ok, just a quicky. See you on the other side.
Love,
Mark & Lenka
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