You may remember hearing (reading) the names Marc and Alana - our two awesomely awesome* friends from Australia (who, incidentally, aren't Australian) in previous posts. They had plans long ago to take their 2nd trip to Japan (they liked the first one a lot). We had wanted to go with them, but they were due to go just after we got back from Europe, so we figured it wouldn't work.
Then, they ended up with other plans and postponed their trip until March. We figured being the hard-working and dedicated contributes to society that we are, that we'd be gainfully employed by then and hence, it wouldn't work.
But since the time approaches for their trip and we find that we are neither as dedicated nor hard-working as we thought we were, we find ourselves with much free time and left over Australian money in our Aussie bank accounts. Money + free time + awesome friends = plane tickets to Japan.
Last week we finally made the official commitment and bought plane tickets. On March 3 we take a direct flight from SFO to Tokyo (eleven and a half hours of pure joy!) and on March 23 we return on a flight that is two hours shorter and has us arriving in San Fran approximately 6 hours before we leave Tokyo. Crazy jet stream madness can be held accountable for the large differences in flight times, and the date line can be held accountable for the time travel.
Since M & A have already done the Tokyo thing, they wanted to spend time in the south. Since we're mostly there to see them (though we did want to go to Japan too), we're going to plan most of our travels for Osaka and Kyoto, with day trips to other interesting nearby sights. At the end of the trip, M & A will go back home to Melbourne and Kane and I will spend three extra days seeing what Tokyo is all about.
Time to dust off the old backpack, but some travel insurance, and resurrect the blog for March! Prepare thyselves!
*That's how great they are; they require redundant adjectives.
3 comments:
Ah, so....The world traveling marathon is not yet finished. Well, I will be looking forward to reading about your new adventures in the land of Godzilla. And then, I will be looking forward to your safe return home once again. Stay put, ya ornry critter!
...and remember: 安全な滞在は日本で注意し、
Kelvin and I will be in Japan from 3/5 to 3/13 too. What a coincidence! We will visit Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Hiroshima, and Tokyo. Maybe our paths will cross!
YS
Haha (Dad), the translation I got for that is: "As for safe stay you note in Japan" Probably not the best translation, but I get your drift :)
And YS! I didn't know you read my blog?! Email me or have K email K; we should see if we can meet up! Totally weird coincidence!!
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