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The Yap post office

:: Sunday, April 16th, 2006 @ 9:41:49 pm

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a greeting to dan, while mailing a 66 lb 4 oz box from yap

Dan managed to get three large cases out to Palau before Continental’s baggage embargo started (bastards!). On the Palau to Yap leg, he managed to get special permission to check the third bag in as cargo, but he was unable to get the thing out of Yap even though we had several business class passengers helping him. So Veitch and I dragged the thing to the post office today and mailed it insured via Express Mail. Total cost to Chicago was $188.40, which isn’t so bad, actually. In two days, I have to lug two 60 lb cases through Manila (my favorite airport) to Singapore, and then back to San Francisco through Manila (argh!); I am likely to pay overweight luggage fees on both legs. It is probably worth the money to ship — assuming I could be sure I’d see my box again. Veitch had some stuff mailed to Yap from the States back in November; one package arrived a week ago, and another never made it.

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  1. posted by syndromes on Sun, April 16, 2006 @ 10:55 pm

    That’s some of your best photographic work yet Mr. Cheng ;)

  2. posted by EggRollMonster on Sun, April 16, 2006 @ 11:07 pm

    Dude, you need to come back. There is no place like home. :) :)

  3. posted by Martin on Mon, April 17, 2006 @ 1:13 am

    Please fly First Class with SIA or Emirates. No problems anymore !

  4. posted by davepatchen on Mon, April 17, 2006 @ 9:40 am

    Are you really angry about the baggage situation or the fact that you have some kind of diving-related afro? Does your hair have dcs? hehe

  5. posted by James Wiseman on Mon, April 17, 2006 @ 2:31 pm

    Looks kinda melanesian eh?

  6. posted by Curtis Leo on Mon, April 17, 2006 @ 3:30 pm

    Manila is such a lovely airport. The security guy actually weight my carryon camera bag and it was over the posted 15kg limit but I wasn’t about to check in my camera lens….

  7. posted by davepatchen on Mon, April 17, 2006 @ 10:42 pm

    He’s so cute when he tries to act angry…hehe

  8. posted by Mike V on Tue, April 18, 2006 @ 5:20 am

    Hey!!! I know that place!

    You forgot to mention i carried the damn 66lb box and gave you $100!

    haha

  9. posted by david on Tue, April 18, 2006 @ 6:22 am

    just a suggestion if (when) the manila airport workers try to stick it to you for the overweight luggage: act irrate (ofcourse, you may not have to act much), insist on haggling down the price. They will likely give you a “discount” of some sort. Also - find out from your airline what is the airline policy for the penalty. For northwest, the penalty is actually not that bad (I recall it being just $25 for an extra 70lbs or something like that). If they try to charge you more, confront them with this information… also - ask for a reciept of the charge if you feel they are inflating the penalty. hope this helps.

  10. posted by echeng on Tue, April 18, 2006 @ 6:22 am

    whatever! I bought you an ice-cream for it! oh, wait. you bought it for me that day. ferget it.

  11. posted by fred on Wed, April 26, 2006 @ 9:45 pm

    The Flying Spaghetti Monster Postal Service?

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