One of the impediments of getting to Southeast Asia, and likely why it is not on many American's destination list, is simply the amount of time it takes to get there.
From the U.S. West Coast (Los Angeles in this case), it takes 17 hours to fly not to Cambodia or Vietnam, but to Singapore, where one can then take a second flight to Cambodia or Vietnam (for Cambodia, another 4 hours). Never in my life have I flown so long.
Fortunately for me, The Ravishing Mrs. TB had a plan. In her case it was the use of credit card points (the credit card point arena is something I neither understand nor wish to understand, but there is a huge subculture for it) to purchase two business class tickets on Singapore Airlines Business Class for something like $200 for fees, at least to Singapore.
They certainly feed you well.
Second Dinner Course Two
I have always dreamed of upping my class when doing the long haul overseas flight we do every few years but the price always gives me a reality check. When it is just down to my wife and I, then I will likely do so. Until then, I just use lots of OTC drugs that make me sleepy and endure.
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