We made it! The excitement kicked off with a star spot in T5 at Heathrow: Leona Lewis browsing the gossip mags in WHSmith. I got totally over-excited, much to the bemusement/disgust of my travelling companions, and was going to pap her but couldn't work out a way to do it without her noticing. After following her about looking a bit demented I gave up and we went to drink tea and wait for the flight. After an 11.5 hour flight we touched down at Tokyo Narita Ai...

Well then, I'm a bit drunken and starting the blog. After the most amazing weekend spent with lovely, lovely people, I've spent today preparing for the big scary trip. I'm all packed up and ready to go now but slightly in denial about the fact I'm away for such a long time and that I'll be on an 11 hour flight tomorrow. I don't actually like flying much and the furthest I've ever travelled is Prague (3 hours). Plus that means I won't get to smoke for approximatel...