Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XV: Someone's Got To Be The Worst [II]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“How awesome would it be to see this guy outside your window during a flight?”] [/caption] After a fun few days in Sapporo, it was finally time to head back to Tokyo. We were officially on the home stretch of the trip with only three teams left to see. I was starting to see the end of the trip in my sights and, I’ve got to admit, it was depressing to think that all the fun would be done so soon, but I was also ready to get back home to my own apartment. ...

October 22, 2009 · 9 min · el33tcapitan

Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part II: Journey to the East [II]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“A reenactment of me starting to write this entry in emacs”] [/caption] I begin this entry sitting at the gate for my ANA flight…1 (No joke, my flight number is NH0001), listening to Japanese ska to get into the mood as I await my 1220 flight out of America. As per usual, I got here a good three hours before my flight even was ready to think about starting to take off thanks to something I like to call hyper-punctuality, but I’m sure most would call insanity. In fact, I was so early this morning when I arrived at 0900 that ANA hadn’t even opened up their check-in terminal (don’t worry, I’m sure to repeat this detail later) ...

September 3, 2009 · 12 min · el33tcapitan