- Mmmmm yes I love waking up at 4am to get to the airport
- THANK THE LORD MY BAG IS NOT OVERWEIGHT.
- I hope I don't fall asleep and miss my flight boarding
- I wonder why I fly to Calgary first on this trek, that just seems out of the way but whatever, this was the cheapest flight option.
- The Calgary airport doesn't have a whole lot of organization unless you're going to America.
- I'm supposed to go to Gate 37. Is that A, B, C, .....
- I'll ask this nice lady who works for the airport, she'll know what to do
- I don't know why she's taking me to the American departures area after I've explained three times I'm going to Tokyo, but she must know best, she does work here.
- Well if I'm in the wrong place, when my boarding pass is checked and they see I'm going to Tokyo, not America, and I'm still let through, I must be in the right place.
- LOL, Nope.
- Thank you to the nice customs man who brought me to where I was ACTUALLY supposed to be going and someone needs to explain to the nice lady who works for the airport that not all Americans are going to America.
- The plane to Tokyo is less than half full. Pretty sure my flight to Ethiopia was more full than this.
- Oooooh, that's why I'm in Canada. The flight route is up over Alaska and Russia and down to Japan. I've never flown like that before.
- Thankfully there's in-flight entertainment for the next 9 hours
- One hour left to go, still didn't sleep on the plane, freaking out about if I'll have enough time to change airports in Tokyo
- Okay, off the plane, let's pray my luggage got here.
- Thank god it did.
- Let's find any sign that says Haneda (the other Tokyo airport, where my flight to Osaka is leaving from in 3 hours) and go there
- Okay, got the ticket, found the bus. This is super efficient and lined up nicely.
- How long does it take to get to Haneda Airport? No one seems to care.
- That was like an hour bus ride, not too bad, still have 1.5 hours until my flight
- Is that the name of my airline? I don't know, it's in Japanese
- Maybe if I stare at Japanese characters long enough, it'll just morph into English
- Nope, no TARDIS translation matrix for you!
- Aaaaaaaaand flight's delayed
- Aaaaaaaaand flight's delayed again
- So hungry. I have no idea what this box says but I'm too hungry to care.
- FINALLY DONE FLYING
- Now I just have to find my hostel, taxi drivers should know where it is!
- LOL, NOPE
- Is that it? If so, I'd rather go back to the airport. There's no signage and no lights in this entire neighborhood. I listened to a murder podcast on the plane there's no way I'm getting out here.
- Phew, that wasn't it. Found it finally and it's cute and happy and not murder-y
- This owner is so nice I wish I was in a better mood to be cheerful back but I've been awake for 24 hours and traveled thousands of miles, I just want bed.
- Yes, bed.
- No, bed. Jet lag means you wake up at 3am.
After making it to Hostel Moku Moku in Osaka, Japan for the night, I was able to catch a few hours sleep and lots of just laying in a very hard bed with a very hard pillow. The next morning, I found a cheap breakfast place, walked the 3 minutes to the train station (I couldn't remember why I picked this specific hostel until I saw the train station next to it) and had a very nice woman who spoke no English help me out with how to buy my ticket to Kyoto. Luckily, everything worked out, I made it to the university, found my dorm, and unpacked without much more struggle.
Kyoto is beautiful and the public transportation system is amazing. I spent some time exploring the temples in and around the city and I'm looking forward to Doshisha University orientation this week!
Currently no wifi, just plug-in, but I should have wifi soon and I'll be posting pictures on Instagram at@nesbittphotography
Currently no wifi, just plug-in, but I should have wifi soon and I'll be posting pictures on Instagram at
Arigato!
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