Over the next few weeks I will begin to insert a series of travel postings, leading to our Pride of America cruise around the Hawaiian Islands to depart Honolulu on September 2.  Today, ultra-long plane flights, with first a re-look at two of mine.  Just click on any link to read the details.   I've been on two of these, in  2013 from San Francisco to Sydney  and  seven years ago from Sydney to San Francisco .   The SFO to Sydney took 14.5 hours and the reverse only 13. I called the 2013 world journey My Ultimate Global Adventure ( MUGA ), for I traveled first class on a Star Alliance around the world ticket.  Spent 51 days on the road.  Here is the complete itinerary: MY ULTIMATE GLOBAL ADVENTURE: Final Thoughts AROUND THE WORLD IN 51 DAYS MY ULTIMATE GLOBAL ADVENTURE, Day #51: San Franci... MUGA Day #50: Mendocino to San Francisco MUGA Day #49 : Architecture and Wines of Sea Ran... MUGA Day #48: Sonoma and Mendocino Wine Tasting MUGA Day #47: Napa and Sea Ranch Wine-Tasting MUGA

Travel is great, but staying home might be better.  There is something to security and comfort that at my age neutralize adventure and excitement.  Plus, this pandemic provides another challenge. Then again, my time to live is growing short, and I don't believe in anything like an afterlife.  If I can physically do it, I will continue until I can't.  To conclude my just completed odyssey, on nostalgic Tuesday, I'll link a past experience with what I just encountered.   I begin by selecting  one of my flights from Honolulu to Bangkok, this one in 2011  via Narita Airport.  You can read the details, but the reason why this trip was so memorable is because, first, it mentions my staying at the Singapore Marina Bay Sands, and, more importantly, led to my series of emergency escapes away from Tokyo after that  Great Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Cataclysm .  Note I say that I had  16 different kinds of alcoholic drinks  during the Honolulu-Tokyo-Bangkok flights.  I late