So although I didn't know when I was leaving when most people asked me, I managed to get a good deal with tickets on Tuesday, get my Visa on Thursday morning, pack frantically on Thursday night, and finally leave on Friday morning. My first flight was a long one, to Japan with Air NZ. Needless to say, there were a lot of Japanese people on board. I was sitting next to a pretty talkative NZer, on holiday, and a Japanese guy who (I'm not making this up) spent the entire time studying and playing asteroids. I had planned to watch a few movies on there, but couldn't focus long enough, so spent most of the time watching Simpsons, or listening to strangely addictive Japanese pop music.. Once I got to Narita in Tokyo, what was immediately
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