Ancient and Modern Japan (AOP) March 19 departure

the postman  hi julie hope you are looking forward to japan as much as i am ,lets hope  there is none of this white stuff.by for now gordon the postman.

Hi Gordon, lovely to hear from you,  yes really looking forward to it. You ever been before? Will be my first trip to Japan and first trip with Exodus :)

the postman  hi julie,yes i was in japan many years a go as a merchant seaman, i went to the dolomities last jan with exodus, excellant time-12deg. by for now gordon.

Kathleenw

Hi Julie and Gordon,

A group of us are joining you on the trip - myself, husband John, brother Brian, sister Louise and brother in law Andrew.  John and I have done several trips with Exodus and have loved them all. It's the first time in the Far East for my brother, siser and brother in law.  Looking forward to meeting you both.  Hope we can still get there! - stories of Japan airlines going bankrupt in the news lately - hopefully will be bailed out by the Japanese government or may be taken over by one of two Amercan airline who are interested.  Travel never seems to be straight forward these days!

Kathleen

Hi Kathleen,

Thanks for your message, hopefully the airline will be okay, will be good to meet you all.

I am really looking forward to the trip and trying to organise things already, now know how I am getting to Heathrow but not sure how much Yen to take, and whether to use travellers cheques, any suggestions? :)

 Julie

 

the postman.hi fellow travelers looking forward to seeing you all,lets hope jal will be flying us,if the money runs out use atms at the post offices.By for now.

Hi Julie

I'm Kathleen's (little!) sister.  Has anyone heard any more about the airline saga?!  Hope the trip still goes ahead.

Hi All

I just booked this trip today.  Looking forward to it after all the craziness, aka: the winter olympics, has ended.  Not involved in the games, but will participate in the free stuff.

John

Hi,

Just booked the last spot on the trip so will be joining too.

Just reading about JAL bankruptcy and this article seems reassuring:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703837004575012323580338724.html

"Officials on Tuesday stressed that JAL would continue to operate as usual during its restructuring"

Duncan

Looking forward to going so much :)

Welcome Louise, John and Duncan, sorry I been quiet on here, life been manic of late. Will be good to meet you all and Gordon and Kathleen :)  

Are we all flying with the group from Heathrow? I am, never flown from Heathrow before but I'm sure it'll be ok, does anyone fancy meeting up before the flight?  

Everyone all sorted for going? me got most sorted I think, but bound to forget something... lol

J

Hi Julie

 I will be flying in from Vancouver, but will be on the same connecting flight (Narita to Osaka) as the group.  See you in a fortnight.

 John 

the postman hi to everyone ;looking foreward to meeting you all at heathrow,gordon.

Including guide I hear there is going to be 14 of us. Should be great holiday :)