We haven"t had a chance to catch up with everyone (either by e-mail, postcard or phone), so we"ll try and backdate some of our dventures, starting at the start... We wrote a lot of this a long time ago, so we're just publishing it for you people... enjoy...
It all began...with a nasty wake-up call at 3:30am on the 2nd of January, 2007. We arrived at the airport at the recommended time of 5am and checked our baggage through to Osaka. While making our way through to the International departures terminal, who should be randomly selected to be tested for explosives??? The same girl who was selected for a bag search in Bali and a drugs test in Melbourne...Jodi. Before long we were saying goodbye to some teary mums and sisters and on our way to Melbourne. The trusty information given to us by the travel agent was wrong and we had to run to catch our International connected flight to Hong Kong. No worries!
It was much fancier than anything we had ever flown in before... with our own individual tv screens in the back of seats, 57 channels and nothing on (That one's for you dad(Philip)!), a pamper pack with rug, socks, face mask, toothbrush and toothpaste, as well as a lanyard (we still have everything!), not to mention unlimited scotch and wine (although none was consumed!).
It was much fancier than anything we had ever flown in before... with our own individual tv screens in the back of seats, 57 channels and nothing on (That one's for you dad(Philip)!), a pamper pack with rug, socks, face mask, toothbrush and toothpaste, as well as a lanyard (we still have everything!), not to mention unlimited scotch and wine (although none was consumed!).
8 and a half hours later, we touched down in Hong Kong. The highlight was definately the Chinese stamp in the passport. We resided in the Panda Hotel for the night but did not have much time to look around. Jono discovered that Heineken tastes the same in Adelaide as it did in Hong Kong. The four of us (Chris, Bill, Jono and I) found a restaurant with an illustrated menu for dinner and enjoyed our first meal in Asia. It was an early retirement that night.
We headed back to Hong Kong Airport early the next day and touched down in Osaka 4 hours later. We made our way through customs and became un-official aliens in Japan. Customs was no where near the hassle we were expecting, although the trusty travel information was again wrong. Our shuttle bus took over 2 hours to come. Eventually our bus took us to the Ramada where we stayed overnight before being taken to Himeji by Mr Iizuka. We were finally at our new home.
We headed back to Hong Kong Airport early the next day and touched down in Osaka 4 hours later. We made our way through customs and became un-official aliens in Japan. Customs was no where near the hassle we were expecting, although the trusty travel information was again wrong. Our shuttle bus took over 2 hours to come. Eventually our bus took us to the Ramada where we stayed overnight before being taken to Himeji by Mr Iizuka. We were finally at our new home.
1 comment:
Hello Jodi and Jono
I'm glad you have gone back to the beginning to tell your story because to be honest it is always better to start from the start.....I love reading your blog even though I am here in Japan with you guys. It is always good to get someone else's perpective on things though.
Tina :-)
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