roundtheworldin18days

  Think we managed to get versions of most of our Saturday rituals in today, running, shopping, watching a bit of sport and having a nice meal and a couple of drinks. Awoken to a crescendo of banging on our door, Bryn up ??? and looking seriously worried.  He'd lost his earpods and had a day out with his new Aussie mates planned. Its amazing how organised he can be when he wants. (Earpods turned up in his room as it happened, thanks for the wake up call) All good though, we grabbed a bit of breakfast, and then on a full stomach (not my usual preparation) went out for a Coral Coast run in what already felt like oppressive temperatures.  Tried to do a 5K out and back (thinking 5K would tick of the parkrun criteria and I could see what else I had in the tank) but turned back before 5K having seen a dog ahead that I couldn't judge its behaviour.  It must be said there are several dogs in the Beachhouse and more placid a bunch you could not hope to find, but I was out in ...

  I think sleep is now required as only 3 hrs last night with 6 hrs for the previous 2 and the balance don't look great. Strangely my balance has not yet been impacted, physically at least. Mentally I may be have been close to howling at the moon at one point today. But the excitement of another parkrun mean the toilet was in full use from a very early on, many considerations given to the the nature of the course, clothing, and transport to the start.  Chrissi really does get very worked up about these sorts of things!  I slipped into support mode, although always keen to tick off another international and different one, a chance to mix with the locals and the international family. A fair old bit of metro needed to get to the location out in the burbs. A park next to a river should on paper sound picturesque. It was pretty much a small green streak in a concrete jungle and not one of the more aesthetically pleasing ones I have visited. The weather was super humid, but the...

  That might be close to the longest non stop flight I have done, was due to be 14 hrs but captain put his foot down and we got to Haneda in 12.5 Configuration on the flight mean the rest of the clan had a middle block of 3 and I was in an adjacent aisle.  My other travelling companions were a couple of lovely older ladies from Japan who did not speak much English but there was a lot of bowing and thankyous at regular intervals when toilet trips were required. In between toilet trips got to watch the Whitney Houston film for the first time and tried to get a bit of shut eye to the Star is Born which I have seen before. Managed to read half a book and eat anything that was offered to me including welsh butter, menyn cymraeg, warms my heart of the international world. Sleeping wasn't much of a feature.  There will be a crash and burn to come. The adrenalin of a new airport, one of the 2 in Tokyo, boosted the mood.  And off the ramp and into the first exciting part of t...