Day 51 - October 10, 2013

October 10, 2013

Taipei, Taiwan to Nagoya, to Sapporo, Japan (1,684 NM)

We made a technical stop at Nagoya for fuel and custom. The local handler is old friends we met at 2010 around the world journey. Even though it is just a stop and take off, the full staff still come to runway to welcome us. Even prepared lunch and fruit boxes. So nice. After fueling, we continue to Sapporo and stay at the airport hotel.

We parked right next to Japanese Air Force One. Ground staff don't know who we are and gave us strange look. Airport hotel has a lot of tourists from Taiwan and China. Unfortunately as tour group, they do not have a chance to eat at the best airport food court (at least, in our opinion) here. Food here is so, so, so good. We end up ate at 3 restaurants and want to eat more. Sapporo is known for its sea urchin, crabs, and beer. .. We try to enjoy as much as we can. The next two days we will not have such good food luck.

 

Runway of Nagoya Airport.

Nagoya handler and ground staff.

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PC 12 parked next to Japanese Airforce one.

 

Overnight rest at Sapporo.

 

Tomorrow we will fly to Patropovlovsk, Russia.

 

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