Wednesday, January 19, 2011

DAY 1 - Perth --> Niseko

The day started yesterday...Steve picked me up at 2100hrs in the cab and we headed for the airport ~ you could taste the anticipation; which oddly tasted like Stella...

The flight from Perth to Hong Kong was gruesome.  We left Perth @ 0005hrs and arrived at Hong Kong @ 0740hrs.

Hong Kong airport was a disappointment - I suppose I expect all the airports through Asia to be like Singapore.

We wandered around for an hour then boarded the flight to Sapporo.  The flight was quite pleasant.  Food was good.  Leg room was taxing.

Arrived Sapporo @ 1420hrs, and then proceeded to perform the longest taxi run to the terminal in history.  We were cruising at about 10km for at least 10 minutes...

We then boarded the coach @ 1620hrs and eventually arrived in Niseko @ 1930hrs...with the snow puking!
(snow term meaning the equivalent of torrential rain).  Steve and I rugged up in the coach and ventured outside to the winter wonderland ~ wow.

I won't say too much - hopefully the photos will tell the story; but Steve and I had a walk around town to get our bearings for tomorrow and to work out the ski masters hotel location (Mark Power of course, who arrives on Saturday).

I have included the obligatory food photo for Damian ~ and yes, the Cumin coated Pork chop was a delight.



Steve and Den at the Perth airport:

Steve in front of our hotel:
 
Den in front of the base lift:






3 comments:

  1. I emailed you the iPhone unlock process - I hope you have access to a current iTunes install!

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  2. Did you actually upload the photo of the food? I've looked everywhere for it? I also appreciate photos of alcohol... like the 1L cans of Sapporo :-)

    btw... you spelt my name wrong! I guess you could add a correction in your next post? :-P

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