Back in HCM...awaiting my plane ride from hell

I'm back in Ho Chi Minh city -- until tomorrow evening, when I begin 3 back-to-back flights that will transport me from HCM to Hong Kong to Johannesberg with Cape Town being my final destination.

I figured I would get it all out of the way at once, though I'm sure it will be hellish.

I'll be sad to leave Asia. There is an easy comfort here for me. Africa will be a bigger challenge -- I will be the sore thumb. But that's okay (the exterior appearance will be in concert with the interior feeling).