Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Sunday, March 14 - Returning to So Cal

 We got up at seven and went down to our last huge buffet. We joined Dion who is heading back to Chiang Mai today for a solo vacation search for a Hume’s pheasant before he returns to Sydney for two weeks at home with his wife and two kids before he leaves yet again on his next tour.


We packed and took the five-minute ride to the EVA Air’s check-in area, wandered around shops, admired the great architecture, and finally boarded the plane for Taipei.





 As Bob signed up for “Seafood dinner” eons ago, he was presented with a fish lunch, whereas I got chicken. We landed in Taipei and although we only had one and a half hours before our flight to LAX there was no problem as everything was very efficiently organized. We boarded at 6 PM, (3 AM LA time) settled into our Elite Economy seats (wide, knee room) and immediately started watching some of the tens of movies and TV programs we had available. We had dinner (fish for RRZ) and slept off and on until about noon LA time when we were awakened and served breakfast. RR refused his fish until it came back for a second try whereupon I took it: cold shrimp and bay scallop salad, accompanied by hot shrimp and scallop casserole!



We landed smoothly in LA, but had to spend 90 minutes struggling through immigration and customs. Finally out, we grabbed our rental car and groggily drove home, refreshed by Big Macs and Fries. Home by 7 PM.

Will pick up Maddie from the Cat House Hotel and our mail tomorrow. My sister, Jenny, and her husband, Hilary, arrive at 3:30 PM from the east to jolly us up! End of another great trip!!

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