Travel Day

Travel day, or right now saturday. Checking in at SEATAC was a breeze. Everyone at the airport was very professional, security was a breeze. They even had nice chairs to sit down in after getting your shoes back.

Meet up with the guy I am traveling with at the gate. We got assigned in the same row on the airplane. I had seat E, which is in the very middle. Luckily I was at the end of Economy plus, short section ahead of all the other piggys at the back of the plane. So there was only one person on one side. A very nice Japanese girl named Mi. Asked her a lot of questions, she was nice enough to answer them. On the other side was a brand new air force guy who is moving to japan for two years. His first time out of the US. Pretty big change for him.

The seatbelt light came on only once during the flight, right off AK, before you drop off the shelf in the pacific. The crew was awesome always walking around with water and such. I think I spent probably three hours up reading books and walking around. The 777 is an awesome airplane. The monitor in the back of the seats is handy to see your progress. Very slowly. One thing that was interesting was that you could listen into air traffic control, right before we took off the tower said that there was an eagle and a bunch crows. Then we started rolling, no problems though.

Landing was smooth, immigration was smooth as well. After you get out of there you have to walk about 4 blocks to get to the bus check-in. Then it is about 4 blocks to the bus. The bus ride was nice, different to see opposite traffic traveling on your right. Saw some pretty cool windmills and tokyo disney. There are tolls everywhere. And they have sound barriers along most of the freeways. After you get off the bus it is about 10 blocks to the Hotel. It is interesting that you leave the key at the desk of the hotel when you leave. When you get into the room you have to place the key into a slot on the wall to turn on most electrical things in the room. The room has a small kitchenette, with all the stuff needed to mix up some food. After getting my computer hooked up and some clothes put away, went down to the lobby and headed out into Yokosuka. Pretty big town 430,000 people. We walked up blue street to the mall. Roads here are like alleys in America. Walked through street vendors, strangely similar setup to the Palouse Mall. Except 100 times bigger. They actual mall is a 9 story building, every floor has different stories on it. The food court is on floors 8 and 9. Also on the 9th floor is a car dealership. We ate at a place called StoneBurg, strange adaption of our burger. See the picture for a example of food.

Starbucks is in that building as well, so I will probably be going back there. After eating I came back to the hotel and tried to sleep. It is now 3 am and I am wide awake, despite only getting about 5 hours of sleep in the last 30. Time to hit the hay.

Here is some pictures.