Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Arrive in Tokyo

Had a good flight to Japan. One great thing about ANA (All Nippon Airlines) is that they have camera in the nose of the plane. So, when the plane is on taxi to depart you can see ahead of you. Also when you take off the camera switches to a vertical shot, so you can see the ground.. When we were coming into Narita, the camera came on and I could see the sea below, with ships etc. Then the camera swung up and you can see the airport approaching ahead.. Then you can see the runway and whole landing. All very cool..

We arrived in at Nariota airport all OK.. This is Tokyo's main airport, but still about 2 hours drive from Tokyo... Strange eh !! But true.. We caught the friendly, limousine Bus to the ANA Hotel,Tokyo. Then we caught a cab to Chris's office.. We were going to be driven today, up to Naeba where the Fuji Rock Festival is to take place, but now we are going tomorrow. So, we got a hotel, The Prince Hotel, next to the Tokyo Tower.. Quite a nice hotel. Chris, Ruby and I went out for a quick bite before we collapsed.. I think we have been up for about 2 days... Or so it feels anyway.. So off we went and walked around to find a resteraunt.. Ruby wanted a curry, so we walked about for half an hour or so. She wanted to find a restaurant that she knew.. We couldn't find it so, we shot into a nice small little place which did the trick, considering we are all so tired.. Ruby had Nachos... So much for the curry.. We then headed back to the hotel, where I had a quick shower and collapsed into bed....