Sorry it has been a while since updates. We arrived in Japan on Thursday and have had two practice flights which were great fun. We have managed to get all of the crew a flight in the area so now everyone is on the same page and knows where I will be working and where they will be driving.
Yosh and Mayimi arrived from Saga yesterday afternoon and met us at the welcome party/opening ceremony.
Currently we are driving in for the first morning briefing. There is an air of excitement in the crews and I am looking forward to t all starting. With some luck we will be better set up for Internet access as we have a wireless Internet card for my PC now (Thanks to Yosh) and we will also be closer to the competition center where there is access.