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  • JT
  • Dec 11, 2025
  • 1 min read

Travel Day Recap: Pure Chaos Edition


Left SFO at 7:30 a.m., landed in Vancouver by 9:30, and spent my layover wandering an airport that somehow has an outdoor garden and a $50 all-you-can-eat lounge. Tempting… but dangerous.


Then came the 10-hour flight.

Silver lining: empty middle seat.

Not-so-silver lining: Air Canada food.

Blessing: unlimited alcohol.

Curse: having to beg for refills.

Total consumed: six tiny bottles. Zero regrets.


Landed in Narita at 5:30 p.m.

Customs? Easy.

Finding the right train? A disaster.


Either I bought the wrong ticket or got the wrong instructions, because I ended up in a completely random suburb nowhere near Tokyo. Called an Uber out of sheer defeat—$130 to get to the hotel. Felt every penny.


Arrived around 9 p.m., absolutely cooked.Hotel restaurant rules make no sense (room charge = yes, takeout = no), but I inhaled a beer and some food before collapsing.


10/10 would not repeat, but at least it’s good content.

 
 
 

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