United we fly

Sunday, 21 Oct 2007 | Journal

My very dear friend Natalie has been visiting Thailand, Cambodia and Laos the past couple of weeks and I’ll be sure to write about that sometime soon. I’ll see if I can get her to publish her top 10 myths, top 10 facts and top 10 tips on here and then comment the hell out of them! Should be amusing. It is so cool having her here. And it’s looking to become a rather busy visitors season too, but I’ll write about that another time.

Natalie and are now aboard United Airlines flight UA838 on our way to Tokyo. She had booked United for her entire trip and so I thought I’d join on the same flight. I’m still not in ‘holiday mood’ and rapidly firing off emails to people at the office. But I intend to change that soon. I’m looking forward to a week of sleeping in and relaxing. I’m staying at a hotel right downtown Tokyo.

Did not get a lot of preparing done. Basically consulting Lonely Planet, WikiTravel and getting some tips from others is all I have for this trip. I’m sure I’ll be filling my days quite rapidly. I’ll be in Tokyo for the first 4 nights, then take the bullet train to Kyoto and spend 2 nights in a temple there. Basically, 5 full days for doing tourist things in Japan!