6/19/2008: *on the train to Kyoto!*
Where did I leave off...oh yes-so within the first few moments of Japan we were introduced to utter silence and organization from the airport and then instant chaos...and we met our first bum as the first person we conversed with. Awesome. Japan ichiban! Then as we are still in awe of making it and seeing rushing lil' busy bees around us-we eagerly search for our hotel Sun Route Plaza. Sure, one would imagine that we'd simply just search for the sign-but homies, let me just tell you-Tokyo is the sweet big ol' apple NY plus the sinnest of all cities Vegas combined, tossed in a blender, shaken, spiked and laced with all unknown goodies and then shockingly but politely searched to you on a Japanese tray. Our heads were spinning and our hearts racing and then the needless anxiety of feeling like perhaps we'll NEVER find the hotel. To our surprise-not many speak English as us pigheaded Americans imagined. When we'd ask in English if they know of this hotel many gawked, many chuckled and many blushed. Or the few that knew some English would say random words they knew like "Uh...hoteru? Ai, oooh...no-no". Or if they knew decent English they'd simply say that they've never heard of it. At the time I was shocked because back at home I know my surroundings! How would they now know where a damn hotel is?! Later, after frolicking in the city I completely understand why. Well, to not keep you believing we were lost for hours, albeit it was a good hour of so-we finally found it by the miracle of Zeus.
But hold up-I don't think I explained fully the b.s we went through with the airplane and Travelocity. So I explained missing the plane and forcing the airline to fork out a hotel for us, but I also called Travelocity to explain what happen and to change our airflight from the 23rd to the 24th since we unnecessarily lost a day. Travelocity said this ought not to be a problem (advice-NEVER trust businesses!! They are shrewd entities!!!!) So while in the LA hotel, Travelocity ensured that our airflight will be on the 24th and our hotel check out will also be for the 24th...
Well, when we get to the hotel-guess what! They were never told by Travelocity! What a shocker, right? So we spend more of *our* money to buy a calling card in to which Travelocity replied with "oops..we had the wrong fax number for the hotel-don't worry, we'll make it right this time." So we've wasted over an hour and we've wasted about $50, but..we believed it was taken care of.
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