Come ci si va? How do I get there?

   Well, you can't just fly from upstate New York to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Oh, you can if you fly from Syracuse or Albany to JFK or some other major hub, but I don't trust these regional airports. I've been burnt too often in the past with cancelled connecting flights which resulted in lost travel days. So I booked my flight from JFK to Phnom Penh via Korean Airlines. I will be departing JFK On Friday Feb 4 at 12:40 pm on Korean Airlines flight 82. Land in Seoul Korea at 4:50 pm on the 5th and then depart on KA 689 two hours later. Final arrival at Phnom Penh airport is scheduled for 10:40 pm on the 5th. That's a total  of 20 hours of travel time getting there. Boy, am I going to find out if my iPad battery really lasts for 10 hours! Hopefully there will be WiFi at Seoul airport and I can update this blog en route.
   The other big issue for me is getting to JFK, my least favorite international airport. There is nothing wrong with the airport per se, it's getting there that is the problem. I have seen it take 3 hours to get from the Whitestone bridge to JFK, that's how bad the traffic can be. Then there is the cost of parking your car. Long term parking is $18 per day and I will be gone 12 days. So I am considering a rental vehicle down and taking Amtrak back home. The rental down is about $100 but coming back here from JFK, they want $170. Bye bye savings on the parking. The train is only $45 each way but there is no train early enough on the 4th to make my flight to Seoul. I'll have to finalize those plans next week.
   Got my visa as you can see above. This was really cool. I did it over the internet. Uploaded my "passport" picture taken for free by AAA (advantage of being a "PLUS" member), filled out the application and charged the $25 fee to my visa. One day later I get a pdf file with my e-visa. And you thought I was going to a thrid world country!
   OK. Back to work. More later.