Layla and Alex are of course equally ready:

A few things that ended up making the cut include numerous kinds of high content Deet products (sorry, um, Thai bugs), a belt, bathroom spray (which is kind of a make or break thing, when you think about it…sorry to be crass), and a cat. What sadly didn’t make the cut were the wish lanterns. We’ll find some in Patong no doubt. I’ll make a wish on it. Oh wait.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the 15 hour flight, and then it’s Christmas Eve! In China! Which, actually we have no real concept of.

P.S. Dear TSA, I promise these aren’t poison darts or tiny bombs. They’re spice canisters and totally not powerful electromagnets capable of disabling flight avionics. Definitely not that last one.