Tuesday, May 29, 2007
 | Current mood:  cheerful So, I'm finally here :) We left our house at 1am Monday Arizona time and we got to our hostel at 7pm Tokyo time!!! AHHHH!!! Because I'm tired and I can't think of a more creative way to transition into the next paragraph I'll do a very generic 24 parody (not that I've ever even seen the show...but I can get the gist from watching MADtv). The following happened between the hours of 1am and 2am: Me: You sure we're supposed to go this way? Casey: Yes, stay on this road until you get to the 303.... Me: The 303 is this way? I thought it was over there (points to the opposite direction). Casey: Trust me, just keep going Me: But the sign says Las Vegas that way (points to the other opposite side of the road) Casey: I've gone this way a lot, if you keep going straight you'll avoid all of the lights and it's quicker... Me: Hmm, okay 20 minutes later - Me: you sure we're going the right way? I think you can get the point.... The following occured between 2:30am and 3:00am: Internal monologue starts here: Hmm, wonder why there a solid line in the middle of the road.....and why is that car driving in my lane...coming towards me....hmm, that's a pretty bush...*bumbump bumbump*(you all know what that sound means) CASEY: HEY! you okay? Me: Yeah, I'm fine why? Casey: 'Cause you're not staying in your lane... Me: I'm not? Well, I was just trying to avoid that car that seemed to be coming towards me.... Casey: What car.... Me: okay, I'll pull over at the next driveway.... The following happened between the hours of 3:00am and 5:00am: *SNORE* Then we boarded a plane <----didn't feel that it needed it's own timeline The following happened between 9:00am and 10:00am Me: So were do you think our gate is? Casey: Well, right now we're at gate 74 and that sign says our plane leaves out of gate 76...but I don't see it, let's ask someone Casey asks a guy wearing an LAX uniform and carrying a map...The guy tells us to go outside and catch a bus that will take us to the international terminal. We wait abou 10 minutes, catch the bus and get off at the international terminal. Once there we find another man wearing an LAX uniform and asking him where United's international flights leave.....He says: go back to gate 6, it's about a 2 minute walk....You guys came out of 7, and you needed to go to 6. We proceed to walk 15 minutes back to gate 6 and entered through security only to find out that our plane was leaving from the terminal right NEXT to the one we landed at. Had we just turned around we would have saved ourselves an hour of driving around. The following happened between the hours of 12:32pm and 11:00pm (Arizona time): Me: I have to get up, my legs are falling asleep and I have to pee.... Dumb movie...more dumb movies, and one final dumb movies: We're now arriving at Narita International Airport please proceed through customs and collect your bags.... YEAH!!!! The following happened between the hours of 3pm and 4:30pm Walk through Narita airport only to be swamped by photographers and press people....While Casey and I were assuming that some famous celebraty had gotten off the nearby plane....it turns out it was just Japan's national Table tennis team...that had to have gotten the biggest welcome that I've ever seen..... Side comment - The Narita airport is much like a library....without books I'll save you the agony of reading any more hour logs...but I'll just say that I've never seen anything crazier than the Tokyo subway system. There are signs and signs and signs that go on for miles. And each stations is multi-leveled, BUT if you're not on the right level it's almost impossible to find a different train's boarding area. I probably spent 2 hours standing around waiting for Casey to find the next station before we ahead and lugged our luggage up 3 flights of stairs and through a countless mass of little salmon all running up stream...and seriously...they are ALWAYS running....It was CRAZY! Then on top of it, most of the signs were in Japanese making it difficult to tell where to get off...Thankfully, when we were standing and starring aimlessly at a Japanese Train Map, a man approached us and helped us find the right way...Oddly enough, unless we are looking lost, people don't so much as glance in your direction. Aside from that, we had some AWESOME ramen and saw a crazy man with long hair, wearing a woman's yukata and carrying a cat in his shirt........ And thus the fun begins :) |
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