We said "Sayonara" to the dinosaurs and took a free shuttle to the airport. Security is soooo much easier in Japan. just had to put everything in bins, no shoes coming off, no scatter back machines, just metal detector and on our way to the Tiat Lounge. Much nice and larger lounge than Virgin Airlines lounge in SFO. Had some delicious noodles and Karage Chicken along with some chips and a little cup of ice cream to top it off. They had a nice liquor selection that you self poured and a cool automatic pouring beer machine serving Asahi, it was a little too early for me to drink, hindsight I should've had one or two.
This flight had us sitting all together in the middle. I did not care for this sitting. It felt like the seats were tighter and my legs actually cramped up shortly after takeoff, something that didn't happen when we sat in the two seats on the side heading to Tokyo. Food wasn't as good for my meal and not surprising the others were not great or even worse just weird.
9 hours later we landed in Delhi, went through customs where my E-Visas had to be printed and shown to them...Not sure what the "E" stood for, maybe "eejit" (Had to look that one up)!
India's baggage check for customs was....nonexistent. We grabbed our bags and left without anyone asking any questions related to them. I thought this very odd but they must scan them underground before releasing them.
Once we walked out you knew you were in India! The smell to me is very distinct and all I can describe it as is "India". Unfortunately the Air Quality is REALLY BAD with it hovering in the 490+ range. Back home we've had fires less than a mile away blowing towards my house with lower air quality numbers. And the noises, everyone and I mean everyone driving any type of vehicle honks their horn. Sometimes to let you know they are coming up on you from the left or right, sometimes to tell you that you suck at driving, sometimes to make sure the other guy is awake, and sometimes just because. I'm pretty sure India is the only country that has cars that need their horn replaced due to overuse.
Next stop Dinner and the Hotel
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