My flight to the US was scheduled to be 10.40am but I seemed to forget that the boarding started at 9.50am. That’s when I realized that requesting 9.30am might be too late for me since I planned to buy the stamp for my postcard and all. I should’ve requested the earlier shuttle when I checked …
Transitting in Japan (part 4): Staying near Narita
On my second transit, I decided to stay near Narita airport because I arrived quite late at night and my friend and I thought that it would cost me the same: staying at her place and staying at a cheap hotel near Narita because the fee that I had to pay to get to her …
Transitting in Japan (part 3): A morning drama
When I arrived at my friend’s home, her husband and her son were already asleep. I felt really bad that she couldn’t spend the day with her family because of meeting me and guiding me around Tokyo during my short transit. But I couldn’t undo what I had done. So when I arrived, I just …
Transitting in Japan (part 2): Navigating around Tokyo
After getting the Suica card and putting my backpack in the locker rent, I went to find my train. I knew I should get into a Skyliner, the fastest one, but I seemed to get into the wrong lane. There was the intersection between the lane I was and the lane I was supposed to …
Transitting in Japan (Part 1): Navigating around Narita airport
First of all, this wasn’t my first time transitting in Japan as most of my previous flights to or from USA always had a layover in Japan. However, this was my first time transitting and going out of the airport. I was so thrilled and excited. I’ve always wanted to travel around Japan. Well, I …
My Flight to Japan
I was scheduled to fly to Japan on May 28, 2018. It was still Ramadan, so the night before I still went to the mosque for Iftar and tarawih. I came back home around 11 and decided not to sleep (or rather, I couldn’t sleep). I mean, it’s almost always like that. Whenever I’d travel …