{"id":9093,"date":"2011-03-14T08:27:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T12:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=9093"},"modified":"2011-03-14T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T14:46:01","slug":"at-narita-airport_2011-03-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=9093","title":{"rendered":"At Narita Airport_2011.03.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>14:56<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Boingo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What is Boingo?\u00a0\u00a0 The wi-fi network in the Narita Airport.\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s Bingo slightly off-spelt.\u00a0 It is Murphy\u2019s law.<\/p>\n<p>Train and subway services were suspended again unexpectedly this morning.\u00a0 The suspension was supposed to run from \u00a011:00 to 17:00, but the suspension was there right there and then when I arrived at the station at 10:20 a.m.\u00a0 \u201cIs there going to be a scheduled energy release at the nuclear plant, or is it a practice to conserve energy?\u201d I wondered.\u00a0 But either way, this was not a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>Got together with a young Chinese couple with two children from Bangkok&#8230;.took the taxi&#8230;.then the Airport Bus to Narita Airport.\u00a0 A 2 hour trip.\u00a0 I told the couple whether the flights were operating or not, we ARE going to stay out at the Airport, the closest point of exit.\u00a0 \u00a0Who knows what is going to happen next?\u00a0 Roads, not only railways, may be closed too and with no little or no advance notice.\u00a0 I don\u2019t blame the government in crisis like this.<\/p>\n<p>At the airport&#8230;. crowds, lineup\u2019s, blankets (on the floor&#8230;must be from last night), panics, food and drinks out (the only food supply was the few Bento boxes on the shelf in the waiting area), people sleeping on the floor.\u00a0 Strike a conversation with some UA air hostesses.\u00a0 They are not on duty, but like me, they are finding their way out of the country (for them, it\u2019s to Chicago).\u00a0 \u00a0One of them said she is not going to fly this route again&#8230;.too stressful for her.\u00a0 We shared our experience &#8230; gym&#8230;the cold cold gym (they were not fortunate enough to have an alternative like what I had up at Nikko) and the fear of the nuclear plant meltdown that made them decide to go on the dot.<\/p>\n<p>The wi-fi is slow.\u00a0 Jams again!<\/p>\n<p>No time to buy any seaweed on the way to the train station.\u00a0 Only have time to reload the phone card since it was a concurrent operation with the check-out at the hotel.\u00a0 Finding food, let alone seaweed in Narita, is difficult.\u00a0 Imagine this is an international high traffic airport!\u00a0 Good that I still have my supply of chocolate, almonds and raisins.<\/p>\n<p>Met more UA air hosts and hostesses again in the waiting area.\u00a0 None are on duty&#8230;.all finding their way home&#8230;Honolulu, England etc.\u00a0 And&#8230;got a chance to use their wi-fi network which works faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14:56 Boingo What is Boingo?\u00a0\u00a0 The wi-fi network in the Narita Airport.\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s Bingo slightly off-spelt.\u00a0 It is Murphy\u2019s law. 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