good morning. jet lag to it’s finest. got up at 3am and couldn’t go back to sleep. raining hard outside, and just killing time as i leave for the airport soon. 8 hour flight from honolulu to osaka, then another 8 hour flight to bali. 2 days ago, i was riding the harley in the pouring rain kind of bummed i couldn’t get a flight. i was so focused on central america. i made a few calls, and now i’m going to the other side of the world. this trip was intended to be a surf/relax kind of trip, but as soon as i got to Kimura-san’s house, Atsuko-san gave me 2 bottles of Jack Daniels to take to bali. then after having a wonderful dinner last night with Naohiro and the wakayama boys, i realized that this trip will no longer be a relax trip, it’s going to be a crazy trip. i have so many friends in bali and the bintang beers go down way to easy. so getting up this morning, i told myself “oh my gosh, this trip is going to be crazy!” then i thought how i’m very fortunate to have friends all over the world. so i just told myself “let the party begin!”
after a perfect flight, i was the first to get out of the airplane. i walked down the hall, and the door was closed, and locked. OMG! this is the 2nd time this year it’s happened.
the hallway started getting crowded of passengers that were getting off the airplane. 15 minutes later, the staff came to open the door.
then guess what? the escalator wasn’t working. then an elder japanese man yelled out “what, noboby works on sundays anymore?” everybody started laughing and i was happy to see the good sense of humor in a situation where a lot of people were getting angry.
then i walk out, the Yamari van is waiting. this time i was alone. i jumped in, drove out of the airport, and somehow made the 1 hour drive to Yamari. i have to drive it back soon alone again and i’m sure learning a lot about how not to drive on the opposite side of the road.
Ikora has the best okonomiyaki in the world! if we had one of these in hawaii, there would be a line all night long. after a long flight, the beers were tasting good. check out these cool suntory glasses. i was drinking heavy class but as soon as i got in the car after dinner, i fell asleep. it was only 10pm here but 3am for me in hawaii time. i usually sleep at 9:30pm so that was way too late for me.
well, better get going because the party in bali is waiting!
