Jap/Korea Blog 22nd of July 1996

After a terrible nights sleep we arose at 5am. Watermelon for breakfast and then Kango drove us to the main train station. At our first change we had two minutes to catch the other train. Luckily it was on the same platform. The guys in charge of the train timetabling don’t muck around in Japan. The train bound for Tokyo became a little crowded but we had a seat for the whole trip. Bought a ticket for the Narita Express where we sat opposite a Japanese woman, who is married to an Iranian, and her daughter. This woman was very talkative and offered us some double-yolked eggs. We had some biscuits left over and so we handed them out.

Narita airport is the most confusing airport I’ve been in. Bloody Yanks all over the place just being Yanks. I hate the fact that United Airlines allow smoking, and Yanks. Hideaki was a boy of five years of age who sat near us. Wayne started talking to him and they were chatty. The cheeky little shit said that my beard reached my toes and should be shaved off. He was quite interested in my hairy legs. Stewardesses were very rude and ugly.

Caught a bus from the airport and that was a hair-raising experience. Longevity for bus drivers in Seoul can’t be very good. The roads are a mad house. Can’t believe the amount of advertising signs plastered all over the buildings. After a bit of walking about in circles we found the place where Wayne wanted to stay but it was full. Some mute/deaf guy took us to another place. Fifteen thousand Won/night for the two of us in a yogwan. Had some hot chicken stir fry for tea at 11000 Won.

- posted by Hammy @ 8:33 am