- This is a picture of the dredded wrong train that we took on our last day to Kansai Airport...in order to find anything good to say about that experience was that there were no stops (so it was quick) and it took us on a more scenic rail line overlooking the ocean on our left as we arrived at the airport.
-Next 2 pictures are of Kara and I with our movies that we received for Christmas!
-Lastly, a photo of our beds in the small room we had at Hotel Taiyo the day we left.
Today was our last day in Japan. We had packed most of our things the night before in order to be ready for the station. When we got to the station we accidentally took the wrong train after navigating the subway system almost perfectly the whole trip. So we were asked to shell out more money, luckily a young man saw our plight as we had spent most of our money on the tickets we bought already and graciously paid for our tickets. The frustrating thing about the plight of choosing the wrong train was that the tickets for the train we were on was less than the original price we paid for our tickets, not only that it was the same train company, but they were not willing to budge on making us pay for the ticket of the train we were on. As a tourist I wish that JR Rail Lines would have been a little more hospitable and understanding because the tickets that led to the airport on a slower train were 1030Yen a person, but the Limited Express to Kansai airport was only 970 yen per person... I have thanked God for the young man who saw our plight I believe his name, from what I could understand of his English, was Tommy (many Japanese also have English names). I have prayed that the Lord would bless him. I gave him all the Yen change in my pocket and about $5 American, which equaled around half of what he paid for so I believe it was as fair a trade as we could have made besides giving the shirt off my back.
Finally, after reaching the airport terminal, we hopped on to our plane in about 45minutes and headed towards Guam. Once in Guam we only waited 30minutes before heading on Saipan. The level at the airport in Guam was Orange for some reason so we had to go through a second checkpoint once we arrived in Guam. Our trip by plane was great both ways and on the Japan flight I even slept a little.
When we reached the airport in Saipan it was almost 6pm and Pastor Greg from our church was there smiling and ready to pick us up as he said he would be willing. Once home Pastor Greg was kind enough to bring one of the packages we received while we were away that was waiting for us in the school office. We were really happy to see a Christmas package from Kara's folks waiting for us in the office. Kara not being able to wait on opening any type of package put on our I-Tunes Christmas music and we opened presents some of the pictures are of that event. I hope you enjoy them! I am very thankful to have been given the Lord of the Rings series on DVD, that was very gracious of you Johnson family!
The next installment on our blog will be personal realizations we had while in Japan. I will also post one blog of funny and/or interesting photos from Japan for your enjoyment later! I hope this has been informative. Since it was our last day, not too much was too be explained... Our next few blogs will be more interesting.
Sincerely, Grant
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