We're sitting in the lounge at Narita Airport. The bad news is that the flight has been delayed for 2 1/2 hours. The good news is that we have been upgraded to premium economy. Thanks Allergan! Day 1 went surprisingly smoothly. I think I'd attribute that to the preparation. Fiona was up all night Saturday finishing work and other things. I at le...

My flight from Cairns to London was with Japan Airlines. It included a free night stopopver in Narita, Japan. We didn't arrive till about 8pm so there wasn't really any time to go into the city (hotel was near Airport - hour out from Tokyo). Just had a snooze. Really nice hotel.. probably spoilt as it was the nicest in my whole trip! Ha! Breakfa...

One day last year, Laura was in San Francisco for work. She was late for a meeting and ran down to the BART station when she saw two tourists trying to figure out the BART map. In an effort to secure "good travel karma" she stopped and spent twenty minutes helping them figure out where they were going and how to get there. It appears her travel ...

A few hours away from our destination, we could not keep our eyes off the screen. It constantly updates all the passengers, complete with an automated/animated map and plane showing the current position of the plane. We finally landed! After almost 10 hours of being couped up in a very full 747, we arrived at Narita Airport at 4:30 in the aftern...

We made it...more or less: More mishaps at YVR by Natalie Heya everyone We finally have a chance to check the net. Hunted for half and hour and found one free computer for all of us to use. Luckily the people are nice cuz we have used it for a long time now. We had an eventful trip out here. Lindsay's plane had mechanical failure and she had to ...

After 14 hours spent sleeping in our Narita hotel room, Dad & I were raring to go. After a brief stop at the breakfast buffet, we hopped into a cab headed to the university dormitories. We had no idea where we were going, nor did we have any idea how far it was to Chiba University. As the cab driver maneuvered from one freeway to the next, w...

One day down, a whole bunch more to go. Dad & I arrived in Japan after a long day of travel. Up at 5:30 am, and across the street from the airport hotel to stand in line at the United Airlines counter. We were some of the lucky ones - the 7:40 flight to Chicago was delayed until 10. I can't imagine being up and at the airport that early to f...

Hey guess what? I'M IN JAPAN BABY! I never thought I would actually be able to say that but I'm actually here! It's still hard to believe, although I'm reminded every time I look around...because everything is written in Japanese. Go figure. The realization that I would be coming here didn't start to sink in until I sat at the gate waiting to bo...