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A tale of some woes of air travel

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(Moon from airplane) Travel comes with woes, insignificant ones, perceived ones and bam in your face ones, like the missing hubcaps while returning the rental car in Cape Town. (Sunset in Okinawa) The last around the world trip was conceived when planning the South Africa trip, when we discovered that ticketwise we could for a little more money visit Hawaii for a few weeks. Conveniently forgetting about cost of living and the renting of cars while there. But since I have never had the privilege of seeing that part of the US, the decision faltered toward going there and the frugality in buying the better ticket bested the additional cost of adding 4 weeks to the trip. (Fish tank in Ishigake airport)   (Okinawa city overhead metro system, stopped right in front of our hotel) During our two week trip in South Africa, Sandee was already fretting about the travel schedule to Hawaii. The reduced pricing of an around the world ticket has extra requirements, such as 4 overnight stops. Startin