On Our Way To Hawaii

We finally made it through the waiting at the airport.

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Some slept.

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Some watched videos.

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Some got up on emails and letters.

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While others played games.

Smith Sensei was able to get her flight from Portland to Seattle and we were off. When our tickets were originally booked, they were book under three groups. The group of 5 included Cameron, Todd, Nick, Miki and Alyssa. The first group of three was myself, Haley and Sensei and the last group of three was Rachel, Meghanne and Amanda. More on the groups in a bit.

The flight to Osaka was cancelled due to mechanical problems. There was another flight from the East cancelled for the same reason. This created a severe shortage of flights to Osaka. Some of the options included going to Korea and then to Osaka for a total of 29 hours of flight, going to LA, San Francisco or Salt Lake and then to Osaka and one option considered for awhile was going to Paris first and then on to Osaka. The last option seemed the best and that was going to Honolulu and then on to Osaka. To make room for us on the plane, they had 8 open first class seats and book the group of five and the group of three with myself and Sensei. The other group of three were able to get tickets in the coach part of the plane.

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Miki and Alyssa in the back row of 1^st class.

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Cameron enjoying his seat.

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Ginger Ale, with a pineapple wedge and umbrella for Todd.

We will be staying at the Ala Moana Hotel tonight and will have a departure tomorrow of 1:30 pm. We called the hotel in Kyoto and told them we would be a day late. Sensei is considering asking the Airlines if they will extend our trip by a day.

Who knows what Hawaii holds for the group!