Our flight. JL008 Destination BOS, flight time 11.30 hrs.

Approx 5hrs into the flight the International Date Line will be crossed 

Settling into the cabin in preparation for take off.

Familiarisation of control settings for lie flat beds, entertainment system, menu selection by B&H

Looking out along the port side wing, Boeing 787 Dreamliner

50 / 60% composite aircraft - long gone is the tin can!

If it ain't Boeing, it ain't goin....... 

Hors-d'oeuvre - Duck Confit & Seasonal Salad

tasters notes - the richness of the duck was offset by the crispy greens and tangy dressing - v nice

Main Dish

"Wagyu" Beef Sirloin Steak with Sauce Perigueus accompanied by Pommes Paillasson

577 kcal

tasters notes - steak unbelievably tender - v nice indeed

Touch down BOS, Wednesday 11 December 2013 at 09.33.  We actually arrived before we left.

Sorry but you will have to turn your head to the side.  Haven't worked out how to rotate the photo.

Flight very good.  Very little turbulence. JAL service excellent.

Possibly not as quiet as the Airbus A380 but state of the art plane.

Business class entitled us to priority treatment. Mum still a bit over dosed.

This is where our Mazda 6 wagon and its other mates were born. This is not the car we have at home. Ours is alot bigger.  Japan Narita airport 

The translation for the Australians is the Mazda 3 sport.

Christmas in Japan Narita 2013 it is always merry in Japan Narita airport.

 Loading our bags into the aeroplane to Boston from Japan Business class.

Hamish and Bryn on the business class mat. JAL stands for Japan Airlines.

Hamish and Bryn talking in there business class seats waiting to take off to Boston America.

  

This is a 787 Dreamliner flying from Japan Narita airport to the United States of America Boston.

For this leg of the journey we will be flying in business class. Yes business class.

We ended up going through goods to declare because of our genius. They wouldn't let us through no goods to declare as they were unable. to assess our intelligence

Tokyo airport  waiting for our bus to the Hilton Narita  [Tokyo] Mum had a bit too much leisure and went into a hyperactive state!!!!

This was the stop number of our bus. To the Hilton Narita [Tokyo].

This lovely Christmas tree was produced buy the Hilton Narita [Tokyo].My parents are in there but you might need to look for them.

9 & 10 December  - Hong Kong
Clarify the sunburn.  Bryn was at a birthday party on Sunday morning at the Bicton Baths, near Fremantle.  Not as a result of being in Hong Kong.

Singapore 8 December - Slight technical issues - broken iPod for Bryn (very upset) and sunburn for Bryn

The journey begins - SQ226

 this is my family and we are boarding flight SQ226 to singapore

 we leave at 15:30pm 8th of december and we are supposed to go to the gate as it says

this is our boeing 777 taking us to  singapore