The 1971-72 Global
Semester, Day by Day
Tuesday, January 25, 1972 (second one)
We got into Honolulu at 9:25 AM. It took us 2 hours to get
through customs. The customs officer only looked through
part of my suitcase and a few things in my backpack. He
never looked at any of Don’s stuff except the tape deck. We
ended up paying $8 in duties.
Customs gave Jeff, Mike, and Jim Clark a hard time and went
through everything.
When we got to our hotel it
was so much before check-in that we had to wait around the
pool until the rooms were ready.
We
were all dead-tired from the overnight
flight.
{from Bill W.}
Hawaii is beautiful and the
weather is perfect. They use dollars here!
Our room is on the 10th floor, facing the ocean which is a
few blocks away.
Wednesday, January 26, 1972
Today we went to the beach
after a trip to the East-West
Center in the morning. Dr. Narum will be teaching there.
Thursday, January 27, 1972
The day is here at last. Now I don’t want it to end.
We were up at 6:30 and out by 7:30 this morning. We said
sad farewells to Kit, who went on an earlier flight, and
the Narums. Mrs. Narum got all misty-eyed when we all gave
her the huge temple book that she had wanted in Japan. She
kissed us all good-bye, at least those that were still
there.
We got into San Francisco early at 3:30 PM. For the flight
to Minneapolis we have the same crew we had on our flight
from Tokyo to Honolulu. We’re due to land at 9:55 PM.
Ten others from our group,
besides Mary and me, are on this flight.