Thursday, December 19, 2013

Fesh off the plane

I've just arrived at my new abode where I will be living for the next three months or so. It was a long trip but no real problems getting over here. It started out from Phoenix airport where I accidentally was at the wrong terminal and had to catch a bus to the next one, but there was plenty of time for me to get through security and get to my gate. It felt like a fairly short flight to Seattle. Once I got off I had to take a series of trains to get to the correct terminal for my flight to Tokyo, which at times was confusing. But I had the feeling I was going in the right direction when I was surrounded by Asian people. I had a nice chat with a Chinese woman over lunch and then it was time to settle down for the long 10 hour flight. The lady next to me was on her way to bring her daughter back from a mission in Singapore with her sons, she was pleasant and chatty. I'm so thankful for the modern technologies that we have, being able to watch movies on a flight like that is exactly what I wanted to do. Slept for a good portion of the time as well and before I knew it we were landing in Tokyo. I did forget my regular notebook on the plane with all my bird print outs ha. The only thing it said in there was the word "Birds". That will be a funny find. It was easy to get around in the airport there just following the masses basically, then going through a small checkpoint. I met up with two other girls on the trip and waited with them for our flight to Saipan. This was an especially short flight for me because I slept through the whole thing. I can tell that it will not be cold here, its very humid and I could feel my hair start to poof the minute I walked off the plane. I didn't get to see much of what was around when my instructor picked the three of us up because it was dark outside. I can't believe I'm actually here and that things are going to start right away.