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Mills Alumni Association/AHI Travel Tour of SE Asia: February/March 2024

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Feb 18-20: United SFO to Singapore to Bali One cannot prepare for any 17 hour flight--you just gotta go with the flow, catch as much sleep as you can, and hopefully you can tough it out at the destination particularly once you lose a day crossing the International Date Line, leaving late on the 18th, and finally arriving in Bali on the 20th.  Here is the laundry list of movies I knocked off on both flights: The Holdovers: meh Wolf of Wall Street: excellent Ron Burgundy, Anchorman: not my kind of humor Blade Runner 20-something: confusing Drive (more Ryan Phillope): meh Barbie: very clever and funny The Singapore airport, where we had a significant layover, is quite the stimulant, despite spending most of our time in the Singapore Airlines lounge.  EVERY terminal, and there were several, had multiple copies of luxury designer shops, and all were very busy.  Somebody's economy is booming... The two-hour flight to Bali/Denpasar was perfect for watching Barbie, and we got picked up by