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We have made it to the airport safely and gotten through immigration without any problems. There are many people here at the airport trying to get home but cannot because their flights toward Europe have been cancelled from the volcanic eruption that happened in Iceland. We, however, are fine going to New Zealand.

Everyone in the group is excited about our trip. Many of us who have traveled together previously are reflecting on our prior trips together. It is making our anticipation even greater as we talk about all the fun things we have done together.

For now, we are at the airport waiting our plane to Seoul, Korea.

Writing this post at KIX

More posted later as our trip progresses…

Several people who’ve been abroad with me to New Zealand, Greece and America have asked me to put together another tour. Some request we go to South Island New Zealand, while others have requested California for skiing and sightseeing or Hawaii.

However, the last tour fell apart because I couldn’t organize the dates according to everyone’s schedules. Some people gave me their schedules too late or told me they would be able to go, but then told me those dates were no good later on after I had planned everything out. In the end, I had to cancel the trip because no one could go at the same time.

If you wish to go on the next trip, please specify your name, dates you can go and which place sounds best to you.

Your choices are:

• South Island New Zealand – Whitewater rafting, hot air ballooning, glacier hiking, fjord sightseeing cruise, hot spring, horseback riding
• Hawaii Island – helicopter over Mauna Loa, snorkeling, sunbathing, windsurfing, ocean kayaking, shopping and sightseeing
• Sightseeing the states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California on a 10-day drive from Chicago to San Francisco in a camper van!

Personally, since the yen is stronger than the dollar, I would like to take advantage and do the drive from Chicago to San Francisco!