G'day! Well our last day in Tokyo was pretty interesting...mainly in that it snowed...all day! We had to check out of our hostel at 11am but our flight wasn't until 9:15pm so we did our last minute wandering and shopping (and got frostbite) before walking to the station to catch a train to the airport.
Last night's sleepless flight makes it 4 nights I've been away and 4 nights I've had little or no sleep! Hopefully tonight will be a large improvement on that! We found out last night that Qantas international flights are not eligible for online check in, and after discovering we had to make a stopover at Cairns we decided to go to Narita airport super early to get good seats...4 1/2 hrs before the flight I think should do it! : )
We were able to check in for our flight but when we got to the check in desk the lady picked up the phone and was chatting in Japanese while me and Amy stood there in a blind panic! Fortunately she was a very nice lady and arranged for us to get on a flight which left an hour earlier and didn't have a stopover! Bonus! So we ended up on a jam packed Qantas flight and arrived 2 hrs before our original arrival time.
The funniest moment of the trip so far was Amy and I worrying about the customs checks at Sydney airport...they were opening and removing the entire contents of peoples suitcases! We were both very worried but when he saw we had said "nothing to declare" he just waved us on through!
Base hostel is pretty central and our room is nice (although it hasn't been cleaned because we were early checking in). So we spent some time looking around Darling Harbor and the surrounding area. It was really hot and sunny...so a nice change from the snow in Tokyo! Although I have been reliably informed that the rain is imminent so no jealousy at home guys!
Hope you are all well at home, keep me posted on current activity! x
Last night's sleepless flight makes it 4 nights I've been away and 4 nights I've had little or no sleep! Hopefully tonight will be a large improvement on that! We found out last night that Qantas international flights are not eligible for online check in, and after discovering we had to make a stopover at Cairns we decided to go to Narita airport super early to get good seats...4 1/2 hrs before the flight I think should do it! : )
We were able to check in for our flight but when we got to the check in desk the lady picked up the phone and was chatting in Japanese while me and Amy stood there in a blind panic! Fortunately she was a very nice lady and arranged for us to get on a flight which left an hour earlier and didn't have a stopover! Bonus! So we ended up on a jam packed Qantas flight and arrived 2 hrs before our original arrival time.
The funniest moment of the trip so far was Amy and I worrying about the customs checks at Sydney airport...they were opening and removing the entire contents of peoples suitcases! We were both very worried but when he saw we had said "nothing to declare" he just waved us on through!
Base hostel is pretty central and our room is nice (although it hasn't been cleaned because we were early checking in). So we spent some time looking around Darling Harbor and the surrounding area. It was really hot and sunny...so a nice change from the snow in Tokyo! Although I have been reliably informed that the rain is imminent so no jealousy at home guys!
Hope you are all well at home, keep me posted on current activity! x
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