Hello from Tokyo - by Shaeli

I can't believe we are actually in Japan. It still hasn't registered in my mind yet that we are in a whole different country with diffrent customs and a new language. It's super hot and humid compared to the bay area. Even when you're standing in one place, you start to sweat. The mini towels helped some with cooling.  Another big difference is that everything and everyone is squished into a small place.  Street are narrow, parking spaces are so few and so small, and the hotel rooms are tiny! I mean, really TINY. It reminded me of the cabin on our last cruise to Alaska.  I won't take the size of houses in America for granted any longer, tiny.  Really happy there's AC in the room though.

The 10hr plane ride over the pacific ocean was mostly uneventful. Horrible food. Sitting in one place for almost half a day. Yeah... pretty boring.  But we watched a lot of movies. 

I was really hungry after the flight because I only ate a little bit of the yucky plane food. Luckily, Coach Yoko and her agent, Masashi, took us to have delicious ramen. It tasted like heaven! Nobody could finish their food because the bowl was big and we were eating at 3 in the morning.

xoxoxoxo from Shaeli Chan

At Narita Airport in Tokyo.  Samantha flew in from the Philippines, about 2 hours after we landed.  Hello! Tokyo!

Kira, Tati, Shaeli and Sam made signs for Samantha's arrival.