Japan: 20 Feb - 1 Mar 2011

Finally uploaded this and thank goodness for the new blogger interface that made uploading of photos so much less painful!  

This trip meant alot to me- a trip to 'celebrate' me ending my confinement and maternity, and to a place which I've been wanting to go to for quite some time. I have been to Hiroshima exactly 10 years back for an immersion programme and regretted not exploring other areas of Japan.

My most eventful flight so far.

2 returns to bay, for a plane that has a 'smoother and quieter' flight (as in the pilot's opening speech) and was told to disembark after 3 hours on the plane at 2am. Incredulously camped at T3 of Changi airport on sofa lounge till 8am in the morning.  I cannot stop suaning YQ, whose idea was it to fly to Narita just because he wants to take the A380? 

We lost a day, but not that we mind.  It was a touch n go for most places. The interesting one was us  attempting to find maid cafes in the sleazy zone which was also where there were many IT shops. There were girls dressed up in the maid uniforms along the streets giving out pamphlets but we could only sight 1 maid cafe with a queue in sight. And we never dared to take photos. Other than that, the shopping areas like Shinjuku were pretty much the same to us. I spent alot of my time observing and eavesdropping on people. :)