Traveling to Cambodia

So, I arrived in Cambodia despite fates attempts at delaying my trip. Everything started out ok. I managed to wait until I got in to the airport before I started crying after saying goodbye to Dave. I probably should have just cried in the truck because blurred vision in the airport while trying to find your group is kind of tricky. But, none the less, I managed to find everyone and get all situated. Then the choas started. 5am on a Sunday morning, doesn't seem like it would be a busy time to travel but it was insanity. People were everywhere. Since our traveling group is comprised of 22 people, MPLS had us do a group check in. Makes sense, except that is a level down from where everyone had met. So we dragged all of our luggage down, checked in and then dragged all of our carryon's BACK up the escalators to the security lines. Many people didn't check the size list of what you can take on a flight so a bunch of kids had to ditch stuff before security busted them. We managed to make it through security with no delay. Our plane was scheduled to take off on time but due to a back up on the runway we sat on the tarmac for an hour. When it was our turn to take off, we had waited so long that ice was beginning to form on the wings! So, they delayed our flight a little longer and we de-iced. We made it to Chicago with no incidents in the air and on to the flight no problem. The next flight was the really long 14 hour flight from Chicago to In-cheon, Korea. Yuck. Korean Air is amazing though. Nice big planes, tons of ammenities and great service. The seats were reall cool. The seat in front of you had a touch screen monitor, that let you choose from a varitey of movies. I watched Julie and Julia, The Ugly Truth and part of the Time Travelers wife. There was a remote in the air rest that controlled the sound, the lights, the fan and called the stewardess if you needed her. On the flip side it was a phone as well. I had plenty of leg room as well. I had a window seat on that flight and looking out the window was really cool! The flight takes you up over Canada, through Alaska, Russia and a small chunk of China. Part of the flight were unidentifiable as to where we actually were and it looked a little bit like middle Earth from Lord of the Rings. Once we landed in Seoul, we had a two hour lay over and so I went to a little internet cafe and did some emailing. While sitting there I saw a anime charachter and a giant snowman. Pretty neat. I also listened to some very dramatic Korean soap operas. After what was supposed to be a two hour layover, our flight was delayed due to a huge snowstorm that had hit Korea only hours before. But the flight from Seoul to Phnom Penh was without incident again! Once we landed in Cambodia, we discovered that we had filled out the wrong visa applications so it took us another half hour longer to find the right forms, get them filled out and go through immigration, customs and security. We also had to do a health scan. All that means is you fill out a form with any sickness symptoms on it and then they thermally scan your body to see if you are sick. No big deal. After all was said and done, we travelled all day Sunday and spent Monday in the air. We finally arrived in Cambodia after more than 24 hours of traveling. Oy.