On the Way

So far, so good. My flight left on time from DFW Airport for a direct flight to Tokyo/Narita. It was a very nice flight and I ended up watching a couple of movies, taking a short 2 hour nap and catching up on e-mails. The view over the Pacific Northwest was beautiful. The mountains, ocean and islands were all a sight to see. Even though I had lived in Seattle for many years, I have never gone this far north and now I understand why the Alaska Cruises are so popular. This is now going to go on my “must visit list” for a future vacation!

Flying into Tokyo was not what I expected. The City was not as dense as I thought it would be and the amount of open land and agriculture surprised me. As you can tell, I have never been to China or Japan before, so I guess I am in for many other surprises. In this picture, we are just entering Japan and you can see some of their industry. I can tell you that they sure had a lot of ships out to sea. I will have to see how Japan compares to some of the other ports around the world.

The landing at Narita was smooth and directions were wonderful. Everything was repeated in English and the signage was very good. Even though I have never been here, I was at easy with navigating my way around. The monitors with connecting flight information were very clear and they had airport staff always within reach for questions. I do have to admit, though, that the walk was very long. They tried to make it easier with the moving walkways, but it was still a very long walk. At least they welcomed us along the way!

I am writing this from the lounge which happens to have wireless internet (whew! I really needed to catch up). I left DFW at 12:05PM and arrived in Narita at approximately 1:30AM CST (about 3:30PM local time). My connecting flight leaves around 6:00PM local time and I will be in Hong Kong this evening. Stay tuned for Hong Kong…