First leg of the trip

7/24/08 - 7/26/08

We left MN at 2:40pm after meeting Sara, Lam, and Nikki at the airport (we being Spencer and I). After around 5 hours we were in San Francisco. We met Eric at SFO; we just happened to run into each other at baggage claim - great timing! After checking in, we had about two hours to kill, so we explored our section of the airport. Our last American meal, pizza was found on our adventure.

Our plane ride was amazing! Jet Airways - which does, in fact, exist - was terrific to us. We had great leg room, in flight movies, games and music 'on demand,' excellent service, and surprisingly delicious food. I watched '21,' and 'Horton hears a Who' from SFO to Shanghi (our refueling place) while eating delicious Naan, rice, and chicken makanhi. All of this was topped of with a complementary glass of Australian-made Shiraz, and a chocolate mint. The seats reclined, and i believe I got about 5 hours of sleep between movies and meals.

I'm in Shanghi right now... it's 12:23pm in MN, 1:23AM here, and 10:53PM in Chennai / Madras. I'll write more when we get to our transfer point (Mumbai / Bombay).

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