Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Asia – Day 21, Tuesday, October 28, 2015


Our plane wasn’t scheduled to leave until 5:05pm so we had time in the morning to sleep in a little and then go to the area of town that is the major electronic area so we got on the subway and rode two spots to the shopping area.

 It was about a 5 square block area and just jammed with every kind of electronic and game type store.  We walked around, bought a few souvenirs and then took the subway back to the hotel.

 As a shuttle bus to the airport was $60.00 and a cab was $200.00 we took a short cab ride to the airport shuttle bus location.  The only problem we had was where we were dropped off was across a huge street from the bus stop.  So, we had to roll our suitcases across the street where we met a very nice man who was responsible for loading everyone on the bus and he helped with the suitcases.

The bus ride took 1 ½ hours and then we arrived at the airport at about 3:00pm.

 On flight from Tokyo was on Japan Airlines on a new 787 and what a difference between US carriers and Japan Air.  We had great food, great service and everyone was always smiling.   We have a totally new respect and appreciation for the Japanese culture.

Tokyo is like most big cities except it is cleaner, the people are very friendly and they go out of their way to help you.  Also their transportation system works.  Other nice thing is that there is no tipping.
 
The flight from Tokyo to San Diego was 10 hours and it was on time, followed by a 3 hour flight to Dallas and finally a 2 hour flight to Bloomington and we arrived at a little past 10:00pm, right on time.  We had been up for 29 hours by the time we arrived in Bloomington.
 

 What a trip and we can’t share what we learned and saw on the trip.
 
Our morning snack on the plane - beef and rice
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The free breakfast at the Marriott

More breakfast

and more breakfast!!

$553.58 for the new toilet seat with all the controls

Lunch before flying home

Barb's lunch before the flight

Dinner on the flight home
 
 

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