Around 1:20PM we began to board our second plane for the longest leg of the trip, 14 hours to Tokyo, Japan. After a small delay due to a double seat assignment, we officially began chasing the sun as we left U.S. ground headed for the adventure ahead around 3PM. The flight was as nice as a 14 hours excursion can be, aside from quite a bit of turbulence, a few sick passengers and no movies to entertain us, due to "technological difficulties" we still survived. We arrived in Tokyo around 5PM their time, but for all of us it was the middle of the night. 
After deplaning so they could refuel and clean the airplane, we had a short stay, then back on the jet and off to Shanghai. We arrived in Shanghai around 9PM, (9AM back in Morgantown) so at this point we had been traveling for over 24 hours. The 31 of us made it through customs with all our bags flawlessly. I would have to say that so far the trip is going well.
We were greeted by Dr. Chow and Dr. Riley, just outside the gate, where we regrouped and marched on to the bus. After a 50 minute bus ride we arrived at the Hua Ting Guest House where the students will be staying for the next few days.
We were greeted by our hosts with Papa Johns pizza and Coca-Cola. After far too many hours of traveling, we have all arrived in Shanghai in one piece with all our belongings. Tomorrow will be another exciting day for us all, but for now it is 1AM in Shanghai (which is really 1PM in the afternoon on the east coast) and time for some rest. Just an update on our travels for the first day, much more to follow.....
