Nippon

A potted history of my trip to Japan

Flew to Taipei Friday evening. Upgraded. Top

Got drunk and had top meal in "People's restaurant" In Taipei, which included the spiciest noodles I have ever eaten.

Spent the weekend watching DVDs and at the cinema;

Kill Bill 2 - disappointing
Dawn of the Dead - better the second time
Spaced - Bloody brilliant, miss at your own risk
Black Books - very funny
The Shield - more excellent original programming form those nice folks at HBO
Akira - in preparation for the impending Japan trip

Drank some more, Dave got ill, wound up dog.

Tuesday I left for Tokyo

Flying JAA, we were aboard a 747 old enough to have been smoked in. No seat back TVs and upholstery worryingly faded (as far as that indicated the age of the aircraft.) Pilot came on; Japanese geezer.

we had an aborted landing, all I could see out of the window was the rising sun painted on the wing. Day-mares of the captain putting on his bandanna and swearing that he would land the plane no matter what for the honor of his family. 747 tossed around like a toy. Several changes of underwear.

then they closed Narita due to high winds

We diverted to Osaka where we landed and waited for an hour before trucking back to Narita. Didn't get to the hotel until 10pm

Had a fantastic Tappanyaki meal which left me sweating butter for 2 days. Went out drinking in Roppongi, mucho Russian prossers about. Bars were crap.

Worked all day Wednesday, saw a few projects, then left for the airport and HK.

All in all far too short.

There's a full size replica of the Eifel tower in the middle of Tokyo. Nutters.

Bomber out