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Not good at all on my CI flight from Mel to Taipei.... crying babies will do that to you! In this case everyone....We were all exchanging looks while deplaning... At least I was able to move to the empty seat at the very back!

Ha, today is one of those days when I ordered coffee and, INSTANT REGRET.... Damn it's terrible!! Oh and same price as in Melbourne...

Well guys I'm going to call it a day soon. Last night there's a baby in row 10 crying non stop.....I moved myself from 12A to 18C? Anyway the very back.... Thank God it was not full! That baby looked like only a few months old, is it even a good idea to fly at that age? I mean, clearly the baby...

And of course in typical Japanese fashion, the lady at JTTP counter gave me a handwriten note saying revenue stamp 2200 yen to take to the post office. Saved me the trouble of murdering the word revenue, ;))

Landed at Narita, busy busy but all counters opened, got out in about 30mins. Not too bad but I don't have to do it again! Done the JTTP secondary inspection real quick, took all about 10 mins, yeah.

In TPE now. Visited the lounge in T1 and T2 upstairs. T1 extremely crowded.... Went from 5% occupancy when i entered to 105% in about 30mins....Must be the morning rush!

Let me figure out how to upload pics on my phone....

Good news for CI passengers! We can now visit The House in MEL Methinks it's better than the other one....

I also heard some people got theirs approved fairly quickly, which was why last year I did it when I did.... But yeah two months is certainly my experience. Oh so you are going twice in 6 months? I am very jealous!

Between these two there are Shinkansen every 10 mins or so...I'm not sure what chances you are taking tbh 🤣

Entirely depends on particular situations for me... Sometimes I sleep great on planes, sometimes terribly....only in J though! Y would be no sleep, which is why I don't do Y long haul.

I've heard mixed reviews of this card but thought worth a try (apparently a lot of Japanese people never heard of it and you might have trouble getting tax refund, especially in smaller shops). Hate being stuck in the immigration queue... Just know that you need plenty of time! Last year I...

Ooooh today I got notification that my JTTP preliminary inspection was completed, phew! The Japan Trusted Traveler Program https://www.ttp.moj.go.jp/TTP/xhtml/apply/top.xhtml Well basically you get to use the auto gates at Narita/Haneda/Chubu/Kansai airports. At times this can save quite...

The concept of Hitou 秘湯ひとう Literally, it means secret onsen. But it is a bit more..... in comparison to the famous onsen towns like Kusatsu, Hakone, Yufuin, Gero...these are the secluded ones. And ofc this being Japan, there's an official association of Hitous (founded in the 70s iirc)...

I'm also a fan of China Airlines (NOT Air China as pointed out before), their Taipei Lounge in T1 is fantastic, T2 less so... Flying to Europe you'll most likely have a long layover in Taipei, but not necessarily a bad thing - can even take the express train to Taipei city for a bit (highly...

Amazingly, even though I can't manage the booking on CI, they sent through a link to pre-select meals and it worked! I give up trying to understand how their IT works 🤣

What I was trying to say is, sure you can get away with it, but if, someone else book the space, or a conductor decides to be strict on a particular day, it might lead to some unhappy encounters if people are not aware that in fact, they are breaking the rules.

Just be careful, technically this is not allowed. That space is only for people who booked last row seats. Some conductors do not care, others will enforce the rules and ask you to move them - they can see on the tablet if it's been booked, obviously. See FAQ below...

Well this is Japan after all, they sure know how to travel in style! Even when hiking 😉

Tbh, the one I booked, Myojin-kan, also called themselves a mountain hut... There's even a bath house, and private rooms!