Meeting the Group
9/15/2006
Today I had a flight out of LA scheduled to leave at 5:30 pm. However, I first had to meet the members of the group at the airport a few hours before then. While I was waiting for the shuttle to the airport, I saw another person with a massive backpack, so I couldn't help but ask if she was going on the same trip. It turned out she was. That was Danielle, or Dani, who is a junior at the University of Maine. After waiting a while at the airport, I met the other members of the group. The group consisted of 13 travellers as well as one group leader. They're names and descriptions to my best accuracy and in no particular order are the following:
Travis- graduate from University of Wisconsin Lacrosse; went on the Australia/New Zealand trip in 2005; has been working for the national parks service in the USA
Emma- junior at University of Oregon; from Chicago
Richard- 18 years old; just graduated from high school in Chicago; loves karate; going to Middlebury College in the Spring
Michal- born in Israel; goes to college in Montreal
Lindy- from California; just graduated from high school
Rebecca- from Baltimore; just graduated from high school; headed to Colorodo College in the Spring
Jocelyn- graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison; plans to teach English in Korea for a year after the trip
Carolyn- graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison
Brendan- junior at Carleton College; plays on varsity tennis team; economics major; just finished studying abroad at Cambridge
Dani- junior at University of Maine
Laura- from Tennessee; just graduated from high school
Ellie- to meet in Bangkok; from Philadelphia; graduated from Haverford College; spent last 2 years teaching English in Japan
Nathan- ???
Scott- group leader; from New Zealand; has led the Pacific Challenge SE Asia trip for 6 years
The first flight was from LA to Taipei, and it was incredibly long (14 hours). We flew EVA Airlines, and the airplane was 2 stories high and had 4 different classes. Ours was the economy class, of course. The service was excellent. The would not stop feeding us. I think we had snack, dinner, snack, breakfast, snack, and lunch. Fortunately, I slept on and off for about 8 hours. This was good since the time change is about 11 hours ahead of the east coast in the USA. After landing in Taipei, we switched airplanes to go to Bangkok on a 3 or 4 hour flight.
We basically skipped September 16, 2006, due to the time change.
Today I had a flight out of LA scheduled to leave at 5:30 pm. However, I first had to meet the members of the group at the airport a few hours before then. While I was waiting for the shuttle to the airport, I saw another person with a massive backpack, so I couldn't help but ask if she was going on the same trip. It turned out she was. That was Danielle, or Dani, who is a junior at the University of Maine. After waiting a while at the airport, I met the other members of the group. The group consisted of 13 travellers as well as one group leader. They're names and descriptions to my best accuracy and in no particular order are the following:
Travis- graduate from University of Wisconsin Lacrosse; went on the Australia/New Zealand trip in 2005; has been working for the national parks service in the USA
Emma- junior at University of Oregon; from Chicago
Richard- 18 years old; just graduated from high school in Chicago; loves karate; going to Middlebury College in the Spring
Michal- born in Israel; goes to college in Montreal
Lindy- from California; just graduated from high school
Rebecca- from Baltimore; just graduated from high school; headed to Colorodo College in the Spring
Jocelyn- graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison; plans to teach English in Korea for a year after the trip
Carolyn- graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison
Brendan- junior at Carleton College; plays on varsity tennis team; economics major; just finished studying abroad at Cambridge
Dani- junior at University of Maine
Laura- from Tennessee; just graduated from high school
Ellie- to meet in Bangkok; from Philadelphia; graduated from Haverford College; spent last 2 years teaching English in Japan
Nathan- ???
Scott- group leader; from New Zealand; has led the Pacific Challenge SE Asia trip for 6 years
The first flight was from LA to Taipei, and it was incredibly long (14 hours). We flew EVA Airlines, and the airplane was 2 stories high and had 4 different classes. Ours was the economy class, of course. The service was excellent. The would not stop feeding us. I think we had snack, dinner, snack, breakfast, snack, and lunch. Fortunately, I slept on and off for about 8 hours. This was good since the time change is about 11 hours ahead of the east coast in the USA. After landing in Taipei, we switched airplanes to go to Bangkok on a 3 or 4 hour flight.
We basically skipped September 16, 2006, due to the time change.
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