It's finally the day we're setting off! We said goodbye to our friends, our families and our surroundings and headed to Manchester Airport to meet at 11am.
Unfortunately, there weren't any plug sockets or WiFi on the flight... They had movies and Tetris, though!
Ollie got mistaken for a small child by the hostesses, and was given a set of SpongeBob children's colouring books and merchandise. He seemed happy. Food was provided in the form of penne pasta and chicken. Taking into account the normal taste of airplane food, it was quite good!
After a somewhat entertaining 6-hour flight, we arrived in Doha, near-immediately boarding our next flight to Tokyo (leaving a few minutes for a toilet and internet break, of course!)
The view of the lights brightening the night sky above Doha was beautiful...
This plane was much more well-equipped (though it still didn't have WiFi). The USB sockets provided were loose, so I had to engineer a fix, using the elastic on the sleep masks provided to hold the USB in place.
The food this time was a Japanese meal, including a sushi roll and deep-fried mackerel. Although very tasty, it showed us how inexperienced we were at using chopsticks!
Oh, and Ollie got another SpongeBob set. This time, Josh got one as well.
After the very long 9-hour flight, we finally arrived in Tokyo. It's a weird experience, spending your entire day on a plane.
We travelled to the youth hostel that we are staying at by coach. Japan looks really pretty at night!
Once at the hostel, we set our bags down and headed out for some food. Since everything is so different, most of us went to McDonalds... Ollie, Josh and Breezey went to a traditional restaurant, but were escorted out by the manager. Perhaps children weren't allowed in?
We went back to the hostel, played a few card games and headed to bed. Having not had much sleep on the plane, most of us were very tired.
Blog post by McKenzie Collins
For general updates about the Japanese Club at Rossett, check out gorossettjapan.blogspot.com!
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