STRETCH Trip- Day one


 11/13/2022-

Traveling to Japan from Kona>Honolulu>Osaka

 



George Balazs and Marc Rice will be flying in to Osaka today (tomorrow in Osaka -11/14).

The flight is a little over 10 hours and we get into Osaka in the evening so we will spend the night there before traveling to Nagoya on 11/15/22.  

Larry Crowder will arrive in Nagoya some time on the 15th and we will rendezvous at our hotel.


After 10 hours in the air, we arrived at Kansai Airport, Osaka pretty much on time.  We got through the Covid screening.. just have to have a vaccination card and passport... immigration.. have QRC that was created before the trip and same for the customs .

Overall a good trip but we are ready for some sleep.  

The A330 found its way across the pacific just like the loggerhead do.. in the opposite direction and along a more southerly "corricor".




The Hotel Nikko is a couple of minutes away from the baggage claim/ customs and is very quiet... not many visitors around, it seems.  AND, we are ready for some rest.



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