Flight Itinerary
Wednesday, June 16th, 2004I received my flight itinerary today for the summer camp:
UA 105V 05JUL MO ORD/LAX 800A 1009A NH 5M 05JUL MO LAX/NRT 1255P 405P NH 339Y 06JUL TU NRT/NGO 730P 840P NH 340Y 28AUG SA NGO/NRT 1220P 125P NH 8M 28AUG SA NRT/SFO 450P 1015A UA 146V 28AUG SA SFO/ORD 100P 713P ORD-CHICAGO O'HARE LAX-LOS ANGELES NGO-NAGOYA SFO-SAN FRANCISCO UA-UNITED AIRLINES NH-ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA)
It looks like they’re doing things a little differently this time around. I believe all the camps came to the Nagasaki area last year for orientation, but my group at least is heading straight to Nagoya. Looks like I won’t get any forseeable time in Nagasaki this time around.
There is an upside to being completely cut off from an area you’re used to: it forces you to go out and explore. Kyoto is near Nagoya, as is Tokyo, and Nagoya is no small city itself. I don’t much care for Tokyo, but there’s some parts I’d like to see yet. Maybe I’ll even get to see the Sumo tournaments again.
While writing this, I received another piece of information from Guy Healy, Japan, this time a little about the homestays:
In addition, there are 3 homestay sessions during your stay and you might change your host family each time.
Whoa! Only three stays? I think we had about 10 or so last year, all short though. It makes me wonder how long the camp sessions and the homestay sessions (when we have them) will be.
As I’ve said before, there’s no telling what to expect until you get there.