Friday July 16th
Friday July 16th
Flight home
We had to get up at 5.00am today to catch a bus out to Narita airport – only 3 hours sleep!. Most people slept on the coach on the way though. I grabbed a croissant at the airport and some last minute presents for friends back home. I also managed to buy some Japanese sweets for my family to try.
The flight home wasn’t as bad as the on here. I sat between Heather and Joe, so the company made it better straightaway anyway. I watched 50 First Dates shown as the in-flight movie, which was pretty good, but it still didn’t better the previous Sandler-Barrymore combination of The Wedding Singer. Afterwards I helped Heather translate some of her Japanese Winnie the Pooh book (which took bloody ages and I was really tired afterwards :P). Not much happened for the rest of the flight other than listening to the Escaflowne soundtrack and falling asleep.We got back to the airport ,collected our baggage and then all left on the minibuses, save Wai-sun whose brother picked her up at the airport. Although I really miss Japan already, it was an impeccable trip, the best I’ve ever had in fact. Even the negative things that happened seem nothing more than a blemish in the grand scheme of events. I’m looking forward to returning to Japan and embracing the culture for a full 6 months now. Either that will satisfy my intrigue with the country, or will hook me for life. The gap year is bound to be just as challenging and enjoyable in it’s own right though ^_^.