I'm back home!!

Hello from the USA! Milwaukee, Wisconsin to be exact. I arrived yesterday evening after about fifteen hours of travel beginning with a domestic flight from Daegu to Seoul, after which I flew from Seoul to Tokyo,then Tokyo to Atlanta, and finally, Atlanta to Milwaukee. I have to say that even though I love to travel, I absolutely hate to fly. I repeat, I absolutely HATE to fly. I hate that nowadays, in this age of the fear of terrorism, you can't even take a bottle of water on the plane to hydrate yourself. I bought a couple of bottles of this benign, health sustaining liquid just before going through the screening checkpoint at Seoul Incheon airport to proceed to my gate for the Tokyo flight when the airport official told me I could not take them past the checkpoint. I was annoyed that I had just spent 2,000 won ($2) on something that I would not be able to use. It did not occur to me that the no liquids above 100ml in your carry-on baggage applied to water as well. This means that every time you want water on the plane you have to ask a flight attendant for it which I don't like to do. I like to be independent. Self-reliant. I hate having my personal things rifled through by strangers. I just hate it. I hate being suspect.
But flying got me home, so I guess I should just be grateful. Next time, I'm just going to smile and comply willingly with all the searches and the rules and not get annoyed and angry about it. I'll feel a lot better, right?

I plan to return to Korea in September and I'm going to Africa (Kenya) in July. I'll be updating this blog during those trips and more. We'll see how those flights go. :)