And it begins. 41 hours 35 mins is too long to be in the travel system. Most people loath being stuck traveling for more than four or five hours. A 16 hour car ride can drive some insane. But me, no, it takes just a touch more. I departed the breath-taking foothills of the Colorado Rockys on the 11th. Stopped in Washington for a night and then started a trek that I hope to only repeat once more, the return home. From DC I flew five hours to San Fran, Hong Kong in 14 hours and then, a...