31C...traveling over the Russian... (April 16th..., 2010)

Siberian wilderness in route to Taipei...baby cries frantically and fatigued as grandma clutches and tries to sooth...we sit on the precipice to first class...Tylenol PM starts to fade but both of us got some sleep...about 3 hours till the end of stage one...about 3 hours till the end of stage one...a break in an unknown international pictures...I wonder what Kate is going to dream on the last leg of her trip...Balinese Dreams?

White sands, sweet tropical air, her first run? Clean sheets at the Keraton Legian? So funny to be in the middle stretch...so anticipated yet nothing to do but spend time with myself...tapping away a entry as the plane's future vector splits Tokyo and Beijing...out of the Russian air and into a brightening Oriental sky...goodbye my Siberian roots...and a good morning to my burgeoning tropical wings...110 dollars a small price to pay for my magic carpet ride to come.