Well we had an early start this morning, waking up 5am, and arrived at our hotel room just short of midnight, Australian time (11 here). The flight was uneventful, watched The King's Speech, Red, and also managed to both start and finish a book.
The fun started when we hit Kansai Airport. Due to flight pricing and a specific allocated arrival date, we decidced that it would be best to arrive a day early (much cheaper flights), and stay in a hotel, to be picked up the next day. This may have been an ok idea, but we should have made sure the travel agent booked us a hotel close to the airport. As it was, we got in a taxi, and enjoyed a nice trip into town that only had me feeling unsafe sporadically. Then when we got close to where the hotel was, it became apparent that the taxi driver didn't know exactly where he was going (the Japanese addressing system is crazy). He drove around for a bit, then stopped the metre, admitting he wasn't exactly sure where to go. He drove around for a bit, nad we thought we found the hotel, so he dropped us off there. It wasn't the right hotel... However, the friendly receptionist gave us a map and showed us where to go. Another 15 minutes or so of walking around with alll our luggage, and we reached the hotel.
I've had a shower now, so feeling mostly human, going to crash now. We will be picked up at 10:30 tomorrow morning and taken to Takatsuki (assuming they can find the hotel to pick us up from, I'm not feeling entirely confident about that one after today's experience...)
At any rate, we're safely in the country, and with a night's sleep, will be ready for whatever adventures tomorrow throws at us.
Safe is a state of mind, good luck.
ReplyDeleteWell at least the taxi system over there is the same as it is in here is the land of Oz (which leaves alot to be desired in both destinations).
Hope today's adventures treated you well! Am excited to here of all the strange and intriguing Japanese inventions. Enjoy!