Sunday, May 17th

We had to load up our bus to take us to the airport early in the morning, but somehow we got a smaller bus than when we arrived and had to pile the luggage in the actual passenger part of the bus.

We left TPE around 10am and on the flight we had free drinks and good food; I sat with Danny after we convinced people to switch seats. We arrived in Tokyo around 2pm, only to take a long train ride in a private car. Carrying our luggage up and down stairs and escalators throughout the airport and even through the streets of Tokyo was killer...many suitcase wheels broke, including mine.

We checked into our own rooms at the Olympic Center and then went out to find dinner on a street near the hotel. A group of us ended up eating at this amazing Nepalese restaurant called Himalaya Curry and then Jake, Jenna, Josh, Mel, James, Tara, Taylor, Meredith, Danny, and I explored a little bit while drinking Kirin Lemons from 7 Eleven, since there are no public drunkenness laws in Japan.