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With only a week to go before take-off, I got a note from The Philadelphian, along with a small package. Here is the letter that I received.

One Week Before Your Trip – Reminders and Tips

You depart on Delta on Saturday September 19th in the late afternoon. Arrive at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport absolutely no later than 2:30pm!

Your destination will be made clear to you upon check-in. You will likely need to input your destination either into the kiosk. Your flight information is on a piece of paper attached below. Open only at the airport on your day of travel.

Note: You will be traveling via the international terminal.

Because you are traveling internationally and will have to go through immigration upon arrival you will need to state where you are staying. To avoid this problem, I have booked your first night of residence. I have booked ONLY your first night. Your biggest challenge, and I cannot understate this, will be finding accommodations beyond your first day. I wish you luck. Details will be provided in your travel day package.

Packing tips:

• Pack light. Be prepared to travel lightly and be comfortable with all your belongings on your back. Less is more. You need to be extremely mobile.
• Be prepared to have a lot of fun with lots of other people also having fun. You do not want to be hindered by your belongings.
• Do not pack any items that will create inhibitions in your actions. E.g. expensive cameras, video cameras or other items that could be stolen. I am not telling you not to bring such things. I am just telling you that the environment you will be placed in requires you to not care.
• I fully recommend 2 complete sets of clothes, but absolutely no more. Convertible shorts/pants would be ideal. It is likely some clothes will get very sloppy.
• Money. This trip by its nature will require you to spend some cash. I won’t say any more than that.

Your return flight is on Saturday October 10th around mid-day.
You will receive a full mission package with everything you will need from a navigation stand point. You have an incredible trip ahead of you. It starts off with a huge bang and then gets pretty serious pretty quick considering your mission.
Godspeed and Good Luck.

And on the package is written:

To: Beau Woods

From: The Handler

To be opened when the wheels leave the ground on 9/19/2009. Not a second before.

Contents: documents, book, pen, maps