Arrival

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I made it safely and found Maren and Maria pretty easily once I got here. The first flight wasn't bad, except I sat next to this guy who talked my ear off and sounded like he was performing a monologue when he spoke and annoyed the crap out of me. I literally had other passengers looking at me with sympathy throughout the 13 hours! I met a nice American couple with an 11 month old little boy and they lived in Japan for work and gave me a few helpful tips about saving money, so that was good. By the time I got into Tokyo and through to my gate they were already boarding. I went to use the bathroom and it was my first squat toilet and I couldn't stop laughing while I was using it, then I came out and realized that all the other toilets in the ladies room were normal, they were just full when I went in, so I had assumed they were all the squat kind!! hahahha! It cracked me up. The second flight was good, I sat next to a Thai guy who was born and raised in Bangkok and taught me lots of good sayings. He told me to always say Kob Kahn Ka whenever I ask for anything, especially food and they'll give me extra noodles! :-) So that was very refreshing after the guy on the first flight, but I ended up sleeping a lot on that flight, which was definitely needed. I met a guy on my flight from Canada and he's traveling alone, so he's sticking with us for a bit. Him and I went through immigration and everything and got our bags, then found Maren and Maria with a bunch of American guys drinking beers in the airport (they had one waiting for me of course!) and we all left together to get a hostel. I am so happy to see Maren, I'm having a blast already. And Maria is a sweetheart.

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Photos

Tokyo Narita Airport, Japan
My first squat toilet!