Wow, we were really on our way home! We checked out of our Guangzhou hotel Friday morning and were on a shuttle to Guangzhou airport by 11:30 a.m. Our guide, Bob, really took great care of us. He walked us in to ensure all our bags were checked all the way through to Dallas and walked us to security. We were aboard Japan Airlines at 2 p.m. and had a really good flight thanks to the crew. The JAL staff made sure we had the best seats and constantly checked on us to make sure Rachel and Elizabeth were having a good flight. That was so nice. In fact, we found our Japan overnighter nice altogether. We spent one night at the Hilton Narita and enjoyed the rest before our BIG Saturday flight back to Dallas.
After a 8 a.m. breakfast, we were aboard a really crowded morning shuttle to Tokyo-Narita Airport. Wow, I knew Japan was expensive...but two meals in Japan was one week in China. Ha ha. After walking a good mile through Narita terminals, we arrived to gate 77 where we enjoyed a short break. They had a play area for kiddos. We were the first to board and had almost the entire middle row on aisle 22. The plane departed at 11:30 Saturday local time. Our flight of 12 hours officially began...
As much as we could, we prepared ourselves for a tough trip knowing that Rachel loves to sleep on her back. So, suffice it to say we were holding our beautiful but fussy Rachel XiaoMei the entire way. And, since she's a daddy's girl, Randy was a trooper. But thankfully knowing we were officially going home, made each passing hour that much closer.
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