Japan Trip 2014- Day 1

Hi Gals,

Not such an auspicious start to the trip. 

As you know I was concerned about the typhoon. As if turned out that was not the primary concern today. 

First came the message that the flight was delayed. Instead of leaving at 8am it was rescheduled to 8;55. 

Second, when we get to Cairns the crew announced that the flight on to KIX (Osaka) was cancelled and we would have to spend the day/night in Cairns and get a flight at 12:15 tomorrow. 

So here I am in Room 516 of the Acacia Court Hotel after having an All You Can Eat buffet and a shower watching the Socceroos play Indonesia in a reasonably aircon'd, slightly musty smelling locale. 

Have to say it would have been nice to finish the day in Osaka rather than Cairns. The idea was that because it was an international flight, luggage would go through to KIX and I would just hang out in Transit for an hour and a half rather than two and a half as would have been the case if we had left at the original time. 

The one bright thing, before it decided to have a mechanical meltdown, is that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a very comfortable plane. Bit more legroom, individual screen and USB charging port. 

I really like the predictive spelling with iOS8. It's fun seeing what options come up and the possibility of just using the word it offers is somewhat irresistible. I'm not going to get the best thing ever when I have to do it all the time of the day after a few years and I don't know how to make it so much better than this is (last sentence was an example of just using the next words offered). 

So now I'm watching some anime and thinking about having a good nights sleep. 

I sent an email to the Hotel advising them of my delay and within about 15 minutes I got a reply thanking me for the information and hoping to see me tomorrow. My fervent wish also. 

Gotta love technology huh. 

I do have free wifi and the interesting thing about the hotel is that it is part of the Comfort Hotel group which the hotel I stayed in Nagasaki is also part of. They even have the same coffee making machine in the restaurant so I had a couple of double expressos after my AYCE buffet. 

By the way I did go for a wander around the Cairns city centre this afternoon. Talk about international. Languages from all over. Had a gynormous kebab from Ali Babba's FNQ and a Gelato from Devine's Gelato which incidentally had numerous Trip Advisor commendations plastered up on the wall. 

Let's see what happens tomorrow. 

Quite the adventure. 

Lotsalove,

Tim