.When I was very young I used to get quite a thrill out of screaming, "Help!", and watching my sisters or parents come running only to find that I was just playing around. I got into trouble several times about this but my grandmother skillfully eliminated this habit by telling me the fable of the little boy who cried wolf.
Why do I allude to this story from my childhood? Well, I have often said in this blog that I am planning to return to the US but tonight I expect to start out. If you want to hear about an almost masochistic itinerary here is what I have planned. First I fly from Saigon to Tokyo on Japan Airlines departing at 2330on 30 April. I arrive Tokyo at 0630 and hope to catch an AA flight to DFW at 1130, arriving DFW 16 hours later at 0900. If I make this connection I will only have a 4 hour layover in Tokyo, otherwise I will fly AA Tokyo to JFK at 1810, an 11 hour layover. Where ever I end up DFW or JFK I will overnight and then continue on 2 May to Buenos Aires, Argentina and from there to Cordoba, Argentina. My friends in Argentina just called me to say they are expecting me and I am sure that I will be enjoying a lot of delicious food and wine for a week while in South America. After that I will head back to Tampa and rent a car to travel around Florida and Georgia.
I have such a melancholy feeling to be departing Saigon today but I took extra Vietnamese money from the ATM yesterday so I will have to come back to spend it. I can say that Ho Chi Minh City and Miami are my favorite cities I have lived. There is no beach here but I am making do with the great swimming pools that are scattered around this city. I have made many good friends here and I think I will be welcomed warmly when I return. Now I am concentrating on getting the flights back to America and looking for my guardian angel to help out. I will appreciate any positive thoughts anyone sends my way to help me make connections. I expect to write next time from a different continent. Hasta luego!
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