good evening. windy day here in hawaii. i was online once again trying to figure out my travel schedule. i’m starting to hate this new technology. even though i’m trying to book flights in asia online, i end up calling the agent in a far country that barely speaks english. it’s frustrating repeating myself, with a bad phone reception, and then getting cut off. then doing it all over again. there are so many ways getting to padang airport in indonesia that it’s confusing. going through singapore? bangkok? dempasar? jakarta? malaysia? i wish i could fly straight there. oh well. planning it might be tough for now but once i board that boat, i’m going to open a bintang and scream at the top of my voice![:??????:]
**another thing i was doing today was checking the excess baggage for surfboards. wanna hear the big news out of JAL or japan airlines?
starting feb. 1st. or should i say, started feb. 1st, new charges for surfboards excess baggage went into effect.
Honolulu to Japan:
1st surfboard= $42.
2nd surfboard=$252
3rd surfboard and every surfboard after that=$252.
Honolulu to Bali:
1st surfboard= $55
2nd surfboard=$330
3rd surfboard and every surfboards after that=$330.
i was planning to take 3 surfboards to bali totaling $715. not anymore….
and if you think your smart to fool the staff when checking in? forget it. they open the bags and count your boards.
and get this, that’s the charges for one way. coming back, expect to get screwed in the butt again….
hey, check out the newest magazine in america that just came out. it’s called stand up journal and it’s looking pretty dam good…
check out this 2 page spread of ika’ika surfing his stand up board at waimea bay during a big swell this winter. and guess who took that photo? yup, one of the only guys that takes water shots at the bay, naoya kimoto….
**CLICK HERE FOR STANDUP PADDLE JOURNAL DOT COM…..
