Whoa! I don't know where to start on this journal. The entire trip was overwhelming. Both physically and financially... but we LOVE it to the MAX!!!!
ok, to start off, the A380 was superb. Great movies on board, i booked great seats online, huge legroom. Kids were ecstatic... they got Ami Yumi toys from SIA... But i am never a fan of long flights... 6.5 hrs was long enough for me to get restless. The rest rooms were forever occupied! Which led me to hold my pee for so long that the impact was on my train ride to Tokyo... (read on my next 2 paragraphs). As much as i love the A380, the thing that scared me was the engine noise generated when the plane was ready for landing.
And i realise i fart (silently,ok...) more when i am above ground! ahahhahahahah!!!!
We had grueling months of surfing Japan sites and also digesting, not to mention trying to comprehend the Tokyo rail map. The brochures and catalogues we got from travel fairs helped a lot in finding our needs.
JR or not to JR? We used the online train price to check if it would economical to get a JR pass... but our total transport cost fell a little short of the JR pass price, so we didn't get the JR pass. I'd highly recommend this train site for self travelers to know their train route and prices.
JR or not to JR? We used the online train price to check if it would economical to get a JR pass... but our total transport cost fell a little short of the JR pass price, so we didn't get the JR pass. I'd highly recommend this train site for self travelers to know their train route and prices.
ok, to start off, the A380 was superb. Great movies on board, i booked great seats online, huge legroom. Kids were ecstatic... they got Ami Yumi toys from SIA... But i am never a fan of long flights... 6.5 hrs was long enough for me to get restless. The rest rooms were forever occupied! Which led me to hold my pee for so long that the impact was on my train ride to Tokyo... (read on my next 2 paragraphs). As much as i love the A380, the thing that scared me was the engine noise generated when the plane was ready for landing.
And i realise i fart (silently,ok...) more when i am above ground! ahahhahahahah!!!!
Reached Narita the following morning and caught Keisei Skyliner. Temperature was below 20 degrees which was a little of a surprise... had expected it to be hot and humid.
And so, my pee story was that i had to let go at the Narita train station... Having not wound my watch to an hour forward, i thought i had all the time in the world to relieve myself. But i realised it was not so, and we had missed our reserved train seats by a mere 2 minutes. We got onto the next train and we were lucky that it was not a full carriage as our tickets were for the previous ride.
Other not-so-lucky happenings:
1. my NIKON lens cracked - due to extreme pressure of being placed upright in the overhead cabin on the plane= not so good photos
2. i dropped the lens cover somewhere. so it was missing = dirty polarizer cum lens cover
Ok, what a day to start off in beautiful Japan...
On to Day 1 in Tokyo...
And so, my pee story was that i had to let go at the Narita train station... Having not wound my watch to an hour forward, i thought i had all the time in the world to relieve myself. But i realised it was not so, and we had missed our reserved train seats by a mere 2 minutes. We got onto the next train and we were lucky that it was not a full carriage as our tickets were for the previous ride.
Other not-so-lucky happenings:
1. my NIKON lens cracked - due to extreme pressure of being placed upright in the overhead cabin on the plane= not so good photos
2. i dropped the lens cover somewhere. so it was missing = dirty polarizer cum lens cover
Ok, what a day to start off in beautiful Japan...
On to Day 1 in Tokyo...
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