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Aankomst in Japan
... naar Kyoto! Hopelijk hebben we tegen dan Mt Fuji toch eens in het echt gezien! Onze bevindingen van Japan: het valt heel erg goed mee, ideaal om te starten. De mensen zijn heel vriendelijk, behulpzaam en gastvrij ook al is de taal soms een barriere, met handen en voeten en voorbeeldgerechten in plastiek geraken we er toch aan uit. Ook onze eerdere schrik voor enorm dure prijzen, is voorlopig ongegrond. Onze moto kom je hier in ...
Just laying over
Just doing a lay over in Narita airport. I'm actually a little bummed I didn't stay a few days here, oh well. Next trip!
PS: Bathrooms were nice and clean!
PSS: I saw Ponch from CHiPs at LAX. You know? That cop show from the 80's. Erik Estrada? He was on the way to Atlanta though.
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9 times in Japan, still haven't left the airport
My flight from Los Angeles to Singapore is aboard an A380, the enormous double decker from Airbus. We are just 2 weeks shy of the 5th anniversary of the first commercial A380 flight, on Singapore Airlines. So they are strutting their stuff about it. I have to say, it was a VERY nice ride - comfortable seats, good food, tons of choices for entertainment ...
Mt Fuji & Rollercoasters
... and fresh outside. It reminds me of my skiing days. The views both up and down the mountain were obscured by cloud, which prevented any decent photo taking. The clouds have continued to blot out the sky all day, which means that unless it clears up by first thing tomorrow, the best pic I'll have is off my phone through my bedroom window. After Fuji a few of us headed to a local theme park, which has quite a lot of bestie rollercoasters. However since school kids ...
The inhale is seismic
... what was occurring elsewhere in the country at that moment, I would've known there wasn't much cool about it at all for most. Fore as I'm sure you've all heard by now, what was a moderate shaking of the foundation for us, was an earth-shattering (literally) display of Nature's wrath for much of the country. People are homeless. Stranded. Lost or gone. The damage is truly awesome.
In the aftermath today, Shichi and I ...