The flight from Haneda to Honolulu was uneventful and successful. Flew Hawaiian Air, ate some, drank little, caught some sleep and made it back to 15 Craigside. Very memorable trip. Took 1630 photos. Picked some of them to show here. Not necessarily the best, but representative. First, goodbye Honolulu. Flew Hawaiian Air to Narita. After a day in Yokohama we boarded the Diamond Princess on a 9-day cruise around Japan. Two friends from Honolulu joined us, Wakako and Bob Nakasone. Ate and drank way too much. I thought I had walked 16,831 steps, but that was read upside-down, and it should have been 13,891. Anything above 5,000 steps is a decent walking day. Sometimes my drinks matched my shirt color. We are only allowed 15 alcoholic drinks/day. Dressed up only one night, with an ascot. Toast to Bob and Wakako Nakasone. Then disco dancing later that evening. Baked Alaska is featured on the final night of the cruise. My Blue-Bar Pigeon met us on virtually all our stops. Waiting f
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