Highlights: I’m not sure what day it was, but at some point I was awake long enough to get off one plane & onto another in Tokyo for the 2nd leg of the trip (9 hours) to Singapore.

Have I mentioned yet how Singapore’s Cangi airport is the greatest ever? Ha ha. We landed around midnight, local time, and I had 6 hours to wait until my flight to Jakarta. Northwest gave me a pass to the Rainforest Lounge again. bless those guys.

It’s cool speaking bahasa Indonesia again (= I missed those moments of joyful surprise when Asians see an American speak their language (= it’s a gift I get several times a day when living overseas. It’s great. Add a double layer of shock when I greet Javanese people in basa Jawa (Javanese). Priceless (=