Tokyo 2008 Part1

My first time to Tokyo was in November 2005, a reconnaissance trip, to check out the area before I bring my family over. I used my free ticket, reaching Tokyo in the morning, spent a day day, and left in the evening. First time I travelled to a country and spent only a day haha.

Brought my family in March 2006, it was nice though the trip from the hotel to main city was long, and expensive. We stayed at the airport vicinity.

March 2008, we are back to Tokyo for another holiday. This time, we flied on ANA, which we almost couldn't get a ticket. It was very stressful planning the trip, but eventually everything was settled. But it was costly, not being able to buy a package. What I paid for tickets and hotel, a package would have cost less with more incentive included.

It was the first time I took ANA, and the service is as good if not better than SIA. They only lacked English otherwise I am sure more people would have given it more praise, and maybe outshone SIA when it comes to gaining award. As usual I enjoyed the meal on board, mine and those that the kids don't eat haha. But the entertainment console lagged behind to those available on SIA.

Finally, we landed in Tokyo,Japan.


Our first night was at Narita Port Hotel, at airport vicinity.

The next day, it was off to the main city where we were to stay for the next few
days. We took the coach, instead of the rail.

Finally, we reached Shinjuku. Took a cab to our hotel, the driver didn't know the location of the hotel, depended on his GPS in his taxi. Our hotel, Sunlite Hotel, is a small one, compared to the Port Hotel, this was indeed a downgrade of our hotel. And the room even smaller.

After dropping our stuffs in the hotel, went to Shinjuku Station to check it out. It is about 10-15mins walk. The weather was cooling, about 10-17 degree while we were there.







It is nice to be in Tokyo during this time, but after two days, I can feel my lips drying up, and worried it may cracked. But luckily, it didn't.


To be continue .....