Gate 4

We’re sitting outside Gate 4 at the Hong Kong Airport. We spent our final hours in Bangkok eating our last street food meal. Then we got our bags together and hopped on the air-conditioned Sky Train to the airport. We passed the hours at the airport in a book shop sometimes looking at travel books about untouched places, places to get to before everyone does, and lesser known places compared to popular places. 
 

The first leg of our flight trip from Bangkok to Hong Kong went smoothly. It’s unbelievable we’ll be in New York in about 16 hours. My mom will be waiting for us. 

Scott and I go through so many comings and goings, so many transitions. From real cities into sterile airport and airplane worlds which contain nice bathrooms, air-conditioning, tidy meals, endless movies. 

And then America.