Thursday 23rd
March 2017
Lots of Koi fish in the pond in the hotel garden. Obviously
used to being fed as they swam towards us expectantly. One large golden
coloured one stood out. No rain forecast to Saturday so we should be right to
do the trip on Saturday with the Morgan people.
We went back to the cargo area of the airport and signed the
declaration.
An hour later (11am) we drove off and headed for the hotel which
was 4 kms away.
As we had to load with less than a quarter tank of fuel, we needed to top up at the nearest station. Luckily there was a petrol station 200 mts from the Customs gate. Backed in as directed and the attendant pulled on a wire and a fuel nozzle emerged from above.
Somehow we did a circle of the airport then took a wrong turn
and ended up on the Expressway to Tokyo. The people manning the toll booths
loved seeing the car and 15kms later we arrived at the hotel.
As we could not leave our two fire extinguishers in the car
(compulsory for the rally) on the plane we decided to take the train into
Narita town to see if we could find some. No luck despite a few leads. We did
buy some cherry blossom for the car to keep in the spirit of things.
The hotel has a “grand age” buffet for anyone over 60 years!
A nice easy start to your long journey, only lost once and nothing fallen off the Goose, yet! Do think after 2 months some of the Japanese politeness might rub off on the Puce Goose pilot??
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Hope you enjoyed the buffet for ancient critters.
Noel