Asia Steps

Less than 12 hours left until our flight is supposed to take off at noon today. We hope the storm that’s coming in tonight won’t delay the flight. We only have a 2 hour layover at the Narita International Airport near Tokyo and the connecting flight only flies once a day. If we miss that, we may need to spend another 24hrs at the airport. Normally that would be an opportunity to get out and see some stuff but, expecting temperatures from the 60’s up to 90’s in SE Asia, we weren’t planning on taking any winter clothing on this trip and Japan’s winter is almost as cold as it is here in New York!
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After being wait-listed for several weeks we finally have confirmed tickets in and out of Vietnam via Tokyo. Our general plan is to fly into Hanoi, travel a bit in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and fly out of Ho Chi Minh City over the course of 5 weeks in December/January. Now that we have tickets we can get to the fun part of planning the trip!