"That's the most difficult part of the trip," said Tim Gamble, secretary of the boathouse.
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa)., who joined Biden for part of the trip, said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others are misleading Americans about the number of functional Iraqi troops and warned the president to pay more attention to shutting off Syrian and Iranian assistance to the insurgency.
One of the best parts of the trip, said Dr. Jordan and Mr. Krohn, 51, a newspaper editor, was the price.
The border crossings in Iran and Turkey were the most dangerous parts of the trip, said a smuggler from Erbil, a Kurdish city south of Sulaimaniya.
The return to Earth was the most difficult part of the trip, he said.
But the best part of the trip, he said, was that their lodgings were free.
His favorite part of the trip, he said, was "you get to see the Statue of Liberty".
But the best part of the trip, she said, was spending time with a special needs child, the only visitor to get in her car.
"It's the most unpleasant part of the trip," Mr. Falcone said.
"In the past people would often have stayed in Rwanda for just a few days, perhaps as part of a wider Africa trip," said Manzi Kayihura, president of the Rwanda Tours and Travel Association.
"What the airlines are addressing through these programs is the most irritating part of the trip: getting through the airport," Mr. Brierley said.
