Both Winnipeg and Chicago were jerks and wouldn't let me have internet access without paying unreasonable amounts of money, so here I am in Toyko on a public computer with 200 of my yen in it!
Flight from Winnipeg to Chicago was short, but I can say with all honesty that it was the oldest and smallest airplane I've ever been in. In the Chicago airport I met a guy named Aaron who's photo I failed to take, but it turns out he lives in Toyko and is actually married and going to school here.
The flight from Chicago to Toyko was THE BEST I've ever been on. I swear Jesus must have been in the kitchen cooking the food we ate, because it was amazing. The plane was huge and very comfortable. I was instantly speaking Japanese to my seat neighbour (who's name is Seiji, he lives in Tokyo and he gave me his e-mail for if I'm ever back in town to visit) and the flight attendants. It might have thrown them off a bit at first, but it was fun.
We didn't actually fly over the pacific. We went back up North-west, across Manitoba and eventually up into Alaska to cross over the Bering Straight and then down towards Japan. Maybe flying over open ocean is too risky? Who knows.
At any given time the temperature outside the plane was anywhere from -40 to -55, and our speed ranged from 750-850 km/h.
Turns out my bags didn't automatically go straight to Fukuoka, I had to pick them up here. I've rechecked them by now, so it doesn't really matter. It's currently 4:03 pm, and my next flight leaves just short of 8pm.
This is easier than I thought it would be.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
東京なりた空港 - Tokyo Narita Airport
Posted by Colin at 1:55 AM
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I heard from Mana that you had arrived! So happy! Tell us about the airport and what Tokyo looks like!
Hey, I'm your mother not anonymous! Help...Colin how do I do this properly!
Kate and I were just talking about that, figured Chicago were jerks about internet. I wanna see pictures of this swank hotel you'll be staying at.
Hi Colin!
I figured that you couldn't get internet from the airport.
That's soooo cool that you were speaking Japanese to them! Good practice for when you arrive.
Oh, so you didn't fly over the ocean? I imagined you flying over some exotic continents.
But I guess it's stupid for you to fly over Africa if Japan is cloer the other way.
On my desk map,Fukuoka is labeled so now I can see your general home if I want. ^^
I'm going to check your other entry now.
Wow, I wish Jesus went on ever plane I flew in. With him on board, you know your set. =)
Thanks for updating your blog! This is my first time on here. It's pretty cool. Im totally going to pimp mom's blog out with html. Just wait for it.
All during school yesterday, Claire would lean over and say "Right now he's on his flight to Tokyo." or "He's at his hotel room now"
I would like to see some pictures!!!
On and P.s. You need to email us a detailed list of how to download anime! We're lost without you!
roger that
They fly up north like that because of the earth's curvature. It actually makes the journey shorter and faster - if you took a piece of string to a globe and plotted out both routes you'd be able to see the difference in distance.
But, your comment about flying over the ocean being too dangerous is not entirely false... All aircraft have to plot a flight path that stays within a certain distance of airports at which they can land in case there is an emergency (this is usually limited by the distance an aircraft is certified to fly after losing power from one engine). Modern intercontinental twin-engine airliners are certified to fly far enough from airports that they can do the trans pacific routes, but for the reason above they fly north.
Cheers!
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