Long day's journey

It's now 9 p.m. Friday in Hong Kong. At 6 a.m. tomorrow, I'll leave for the airport, starting the long day's journey into night.

My flight takes me from Hong Kong to Tokyo (about 3 hours), a layover (about 2 hours), then to Dallas (about 14 hours), another layover (about 2 hours) and Miami (about 3 hours.) Make that 24 hours, give or take. But thanks to the miracle of the International Dateline, I'll be home the same evening I leave Hong Kong!

I love traveling, and I don't even mind the flight. But here's to getting home, with a stop on the way from the airport for a big fat American burger.

In a few weeks, I'll head out to Iceland and Greenland. You can read daily trip reports here starting again on July 15. Meanwhile, you can catch up with my articles and tips from other travel experts at the Miami Herald's travel page.