I’m what’s considered an internet traveler.<\/p>\n
I get a guidebook about a place I’d like to visit and devour it.<\/p>\n
Then I research places to stay on the internet and usually make my decisions based on that.<\/p>\n
Generally they’ve been hits as opposed to misses. Like the place I’m staying at <\/a>for this trip. They even have broadband in the rooms for free (bring your CAT5 cable!).<\/p>\n The flight from HK was a bear. Well, actually not. Getting up early to get to the airport, that was a bear. Thankfully, in front of my HK digs<\/a>, there’s a taxi stand. Then I was upgraded gratis<\/em> to Business Class. For free. Nice.<\/p>\n The flight was about 3.5 hours. Like flying to ORD from home. But then once you land at NRT, you have to endure a 1 hour long train ride into town and then you have to try to find your hotel. Which brings me to the topic of this rant.<\/p>\n The maps on these Japanese hotel sites (I ran into this last time when I stayed at this place<\/a>) are NOT to scale. They’re great at noting landmarks where you turn left or turn right. But the distance between these landmarks, at least on the map, is the problem. It’s usually longer than it looks like on the map!<\/p>\n Gotta go stretch my legs, this was a long day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m what’s considered an internet traveler. I get a guidebook about a place I’d like to visit and devour it. Then I research places to stay on the internet and usually make my decisions based on that. Generally they’ve been hits as opposed to misses. Like the place I’m staying at for this trip. They … <\/p>\n
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This place is another “hit”. It’s smack in the middle of Causeway Bay, a short block from the MTR, exit E and another short block from a Wellcome<\/a>, because every traveler needs a 24 hour grocery store.<\/p>\n