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I made it

After 26 hours of traveling I am finally in Saipan. The first leg of the flight from San Francisco was 14 hours, It was cramped but the in-flight media so it sorta made up for it. The whole way we were chasing the sun so it threw me off having 21 hours of daylight. During that flight we flew over, Alaska and Russia.

[caption id="attachment_244" align="alignnone" width="452"]IMG_20170702_233348 View over Alaska[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_243" align="alignnone" width="452"]IMG_20170702_210404 View over Russia[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_245" align="alignright" width="298"]IMG_20170703_035518 View of Hong Kong[/caption]

Once in the Hong Kong Airport I wondered around for a few hours waiting for United to update my e-ticket with the correct gate. I finally asked someone and they had the updated gate number for me so I made it. The second leg of the flight from Hong Kong to Guam and it left nearly an hour late. We did arrive late in Guam but I still had enough time to make it to my last flight. On that flight I sat next to the owner of the 2 McDonald's restaurants on Saipan and the 6 on Guam.

[caption id="attachment_246" align="alignright" width="289"]IMG_20170704_034837 The Sunrise on the way to Saipan[/caption]

I finally made it to Saipan and was waiting for my luggage, one of my bags made it but they lost they other one. I have all of my camera equipment in it so I really hope they will find it.

 

The apartment I am staying in is a three bedroom and I need to fix a few things and remodel some parts of it before the Student Missionaries get here in August. After that I will be relocated. But for now it is a nice place to live. I got my internet set up so I am happy about that. I just had to go to Taco Bell for supper, (would you expect anything less from me?) But more on that later.

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  1. Rosemary CastilleJuly 5, 2017 at 5:11 PM

    So thankful you made it there. Praying your suitcase with your camera equipment gets there. Happy they have a Taco Bell . Take care and will be looking forward to more post.

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