Departure

Today is the day. Our team arrived at Philadelphia International Airport at 7:00 am (well most of us) to check in for our 10:30 am flight to Qatar on Qatar Airways. The fly time to Qatar is 12.5 hours.  Each of the checked luggages, 15 in total, contained the missions medication, supplies etc...
In order to be most cost-efficient, we have an 18-hour layover in Qatar and are planning on a city tour before the next leg of our journey from Qatar to Ho Chi Minh city (8 more hours).
That will bring our total flying time to 20.5 hours and total transit time to 38.5 hours.
Its a small price to pay to experience what lies ahead!!!!!