Japan - Day One
At a little past 9 Dan took us to the airport after a delicious dinner of chicken tinola, the last dish cooked by Donna in La Mirada. Dan crammed our suitcases in his rental Avenger. We ended up taking one large, one medium and one small suitcases with a backpack for a carry on. I try not to think how we're going to lug around these 4 pieces of luggage in the trains.
Our check in process at the EVA Air counter went perfectly smooth. The flight from LAX to Taipei was another story however. We encountered air turbulence for almost an hour with the Boeing 777-300 tossing and turning as if we're on Six Flags Magic Mountain's Viper. Donna and I got sick enough to skip and turn down our last flight meal. I'm surprised she didn't toss her previous meal. I guess the motion sickness pill she took before boarding helped a bit. The flight was long enough though that I was still able to watch Paul Blart - Mall Cop, The Reader, Milk and the end of that Japanese movie K-20 which I didn't get to finish on our way to California last time. We got hungry when we arrived in Taipei so we had us some nice and hot chicken noodle soup. The flight from Taipei to Narita was much smoother.
Since we came from the US, we had to fill out extra paperwork for the Narita quarantine area regarding the Swine Flu breakout. Manami was already waiting outside customs after we picked up our luggage from the conveyor.
I've been worrying about our luggage but it really wasn't too bad. The first train from Narita to Funabashi had a section for luggage storage and the trains to Aoto and Yokosuka stations had room enough for us to sit down with our luggage in front of us. At around 5:45 pm, we arrived in Yokosuka, then took a cab to their apartment at Moriya Mansion.
After kicking back a few minutes - carrying the suitcases up to the 4th floor was a bear, we walked down to nearby Tajima Ya Restaurant and had our first fill of authentic Japanese ramen.
Our check in process at the EVA Air counter went perfectly smooth. The flight from LAX to Taipei was another story however. We encountered air turbulence for almost an hour with the Boeing 777-300 tossing and turning as if we're on Six Flags Magic Mountain's Viper. Donna and I got sick enough to skip and turn down our last flight meal. I'm surprised she didn't toss her previous meal. I guess the motion sickness pill she took before boarding helped a bit. The flight was long enough though that I was still able to watch Paul Blart - Mall Cop, The Reader, Milk and the end of that Japanese movie K-20 which I didn't get to finish on our way to California last time. We got hungry when we arrived in Taipei so we had us some nice and hot chicken noodle soup. The flight from Taipei to Narita was much smoother.
Since we came from the US, we had to fill out extra paperwork for the Narita quarantine area regarding the Swine Flu breakout. Manami was already waiting outside customs after we picked up our luggage from the conveyor.
I've been worrying about our luggage but it really wasn't too bad. The first train from Narita to Funabashi had a section for luggage storage and the trains to Aoto and Yokosuka stations had room enough for us to sit down with our luggage in front of us. At around 5:45 pm, we arrived in Yokosuka, then took a cab to their apartment at Moriya Mansion.
After kicking back a few minutes - carrying the suitcases up to the 4th floor was a bear, we walked down to nearby Tajima Ya Restaurant and had our first fill of authentic Japanese ramen.
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