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(posted by Emily) 21 December 2014 Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, South Korea, and Bangkok, Thailand Step Count: Rick and I woke up early on Sunday morning, in order to have time to get some breakfast before catching the Narita Express back to the airport. The weather was completely oppposite of the day before, sun shining and the air crisp aand clear. We loved walking through the city on the way to Tokyo Station--guess we showed up one day too early! Mr. T's TanTan opened up at 7am, so of course we stopped in for another round of ramen before catching our train. We wandered around the station, looking at all the shops and food stalls, using up our time before the train.  Once we got to Narita, we picked up our bags and went to check in for our flights. We were on Asiana Airlines for our final two flights, which is a company based out of Korea. In Narita, check in broken up by fare class, not airline. So United, for example, would have a desk in each...

(posted by Emily) 20 December 2014 Beijing, China (technically, Friday did not exist for us, so hello from the future!) Hello from the other side of the world! Rick and I are safely back on the ground again, in China. It is the first time for both of us, and has been a fascinating stop on our way to Tokyo.  The first stop of our Asian Holiday adventure is in Tokyo. Rick has done a ton of research about booking tickets and maximizing layovers, so we'll be spending 23 hours in the city before we finish our journey to Thailand.  Ever the points guru, when we decided to book this trip, Rick found a way for us to splurge and redeem our frequent flier miles for first class tckets through United. We'll be flying on 3 different Star Alliance carriers, but it has been so worth it so far! Flying first class internationally is something we've never done before (and probably won't do again for a long, long time), so we wanted to enjoy the experience as much as p...