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Hokkaido Travelogue - Part 1

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Friday, 27 June 2008
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Landing in Chitose airport!

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27- Landing in Chitose airport!
It appears that we are landing in the midst of a thick blizzard - you can't even see anything beyond a few feet from the window, I wonder how do the pilots even fly and land the plane in this kind of condition. In this picture though, we had already touched down and deccelerating.. moving towards the gate.


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28- Landing Visibility
Here, you can see that we are already on the ground... visibility is much obscured by the billowing snow.


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30- Ice on Plane Wing
In just about two minutes after the plane has landed, the snow has already built up to a layer on the wing edge.


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31- Here's something we don't see often - a turboprop plane. I would guess that it's for short-distance domestic cargo.


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32- Approaching the terminal building.


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33-
They pay this dude to direct 'traffic' on the runway. I wonder how it feels to have to stand outside all day in knee deep snow.



Well then - Hokkaido welcomes the esteemed delegates to the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit!

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34- Awaiting our precious baggage to come out, actually.



 
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