Still Traveling

3:20 a.m. - We were asked to leave the Haneda domestic airport at about 12:30 a.m.  Kicked right to the curb. ::snort:: The guards told us to wait at stop 16 and a free shuttle would take us back to Haneda International. We should have stayed her to start with - but I thought we'd find more comfortable waiting areas at the domestic. We did - but the guards close the airport down at midnight. LOL 

We have discovered some of us can sleep ANYWHERE....OUTSIDE...one the concrete at the bus stop. 

We are back in the waiting area of the International airport - rows and rows of little black chairs. Michael, Nolan and Arielle have slept for the past two hours. Stacia and Zander are playing Angry Birds on my ipad. I've been reading Intercessory Prayer (as all my other reading is on my ipad). I suspect my sleep problem is the constant looped message "Please watch your step" - first in Japanese; then English. LOL 

Look carefully and you'll find two or three Gherkins in this shot

There are  30 min shower rooms here - but I don't want to spend $12 for a shower. I may open my luggage, find a change of clothes and shampoo and go use the sink in the bathroom. I've not seen anyone else do this - so it may not be culturally acceptable....I know loitering in the airport lobby isn't. ::snort:: 


I wish I could sleep - or I wish the younger two could sleep.  I've about reached my limit of chatter.....but then again I understand their need to process as they speak. ::snort:: I have a feeling the other three will be on a normal scheduled in the a.m. when we fly and the three of us are going to want to sleep at 0900 when we get home.


Traveling Tip:  I observed a group of HARD CORE travelers...a pink power strip.....I need to get one like this - only 3 outlets but hugely helpful when traveling and plug ins are at a premium. 


Choosing Joy!
©2012 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Sleeping Upgrade

It's nearly midnight at Haneda airport and we've moved up to a padded bench like structure! The last flight arrives in 30 min and then we'll see if they'll kick us out or let us sleep here until our flight tomorrow.

I did take Zander and we explored the rest of the airport. I found a "compact hotel" - pay by the hour, per person....so if need be...we'll beg for a few bunks. No, there is not an USO at Haneda.

The flight was fine - once again we got the last two middle rows of the plane...makes it easy for bathroom runs. ::snort::  I kept thinking of the old Mark Lowry routine where he said he "put his tail on the tail of the plane" because in a crash the tail is always in piece in the midst of the wreckage. ::grin:: 

This is not the flight we'd book if we had been paying for it....because it requires hotels in Tokyo and those are simply too expensive per person for our family. LOL I figure sleeping in airports around the world builds character in the kids. ::snort::

HUMID in Tokyo....humid....wet and sticky. LOL 

Choosing Joy!
©2012 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...