Prelude

I'm pretty much all set to go tomorrow. I'm wondering how prevalent photos should be throughout this little adventure. I'm normally not much of a guy to take pictures of everything, but what the heck; this is my first time blogging, too. So my itinerary is like this (all times local):

Depart 11:10 AM from Logan Airport. Arrive 1:39 PM at Minneapolis St. Paul.
Depart 3:05 PM from Minneapolis. Arrive 5:05 PM at Tokyo Narita.
Depart 6:25 PM from Tokyo Narita. Arrive 9:20 PM at Beijing Capital.

This is a departure from my usual flight plans. Normally I take United Airlines, but due to booking problems, I'm stuck with Northwest this time. That's also why I'm gonna spend an hour and a half at Tokyo. Normally, with United, I stop at Chicago O' Hare and then take the 12 hour flight to Beijing. I can't wait 'til there's a nonstop flight from Boston to Beijing. Apparently, it's even more efficient than DC to Bejing, since Boston's pretty much exactly halfway around the world. Speaking of which, I ran across a really cool video (first from Youtube, but I'll link to the original site) of flight patterns. This was culled from actual FAA data. It's fascinating to watch, and it's sorta cool to see the country wake up and turn into a hive of activity. Also, towards the end, you can see the little packet of overnight flights and the whole pattern starts all over again. So anyway, that's my cool little tidbit to share today. I've got a notebook on me to write down my thoughts and keep track of everything when I don't have my laptop on me. I'll also try to take lots of photographs. So with that, it's a goodnight to everyone reading.