Several folks have written to see if we made it home yet, probably since there hasn’t been a posting about a departure or an arrival in Durango.  

A number of well-wishers from the Trang Cycling Club came to the local airport to see us off, and load us up with sweet pastries for the flight home.

We’ve now decided that the best day to fly is on a Tuesday, because the Bangkok to Tokyo flight wasn’t crowded and the Tokyo to Denver flight was only 2/3’s full, leaving the center seat in almost every row of three seats empty.

Wassana guesthouse now has a red plastic storage box of those items we buy each year to make our room living more comfortable: such as tableware, food storage containers, a yoga mat and exercise ball.  The bikes are back at out friend’s house and should be available next year, which we currently think will be 3 months – Jan thru March.

We managed to come home with less than we took over, even though we brought home a little more Thai textiles and some Panang Curry ingredients. We just can’t imagine what’s in those large roller bags most travelers lug around, although truth be told, Stanna did check a backpack on the trip home.