The Plan- meet Eric in SFO after work and catch a Chin Airlines flight to Hanoi via Taipei. The Reality- Call in the morning, agent says SFO is slightly oversold but ANC looks good. I call Eric but it goes to voicemail- he's already on a plane to SFO. I go to work with my flight kit, a change of clothes, and my day pack. Through the day I coordinate with Eric and try to get out visa paperwork printed. Busted printers and blocked webpages on company computers make the later difficult, street noise in SFO and quick turns in my schedule make the former difficult. In the end I am successful on both fronts- the paperwork is completed and we agree to meet in ANC. For Kuban this means a long journey: DTW-SFO in the
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