Japan, Here I Come!

My pre-dawn departure from Tampa began with a 5am pick up by Bryan and a 45 minute drive to the Tampa Airport. I meant to thoroughly document the trip with pictures and video, but my motivation seemed to falter as consciousness left me...

This being my third trip to Japan, I wasn't necessarily surprised by the length of the flight. Its just that it never seems to get shorter. My attempts at sleep on the plane were only partially successful. I inadvertently became best friends with a Korean lady who did not speak English or Japanese. Aparently my over-developed skills at body language were the only way she could get what she wanted from the flight attendants. Some how I feel like the language barrier has never stopped this lady from getting what she has wanted in the past.

I snapped this picture as we began to make our approach over the land toward Narita Airport. It was very cloudy and raining at the time and I couldn't see any land out of my window until the plane made this final turn and I could see the coast. Any way... I made it. I'm tired and hungry. I can think of lots of ways to solve one of those problems. There is only one solution for the other.