Monday, June 9th 2014 The trip technically began two days earlier on Saturday, when Kenton and I got on a plane to Jakarta. We met Bill (our guide from the International Rhino Foundation) there and chatted a bit before take off, but the weekend was mostly spent in the air going from Dulles to Tokyo, then Tokyo to Jakarta. The flights were fine. The only noteworthy thing was that I always pick a window seat and Kenton picks an aisle, but we lucked into an empty seat between us on the first flight so we didn't have to awkwardly chat with a stranger for 14 hours. Score! Also - we sat in the last row and they ran out of the 'breakfast' dish they were serving just before landing, so we got served 'dinner' again. Whatevs.
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