Rise of the Ninja

Welcome Ninjafans, to this shiny new blog.

We begin our journey at Perth airport comfortable in the knowledge that we are allowed a massive 64kgs each -- unfortunately if the appropriate fine print had been read by either Karatekate or myself we would have noted that is only for travel after June 2011.

With just over 50kgs each (who knew nunchucks were so heavy!!) we were gutted to be informed by the kindly Q#$%@S lady that we had a smidge under 30kgs of excess. At $35/kg my remaining kidney was all of a sudden feeling very very nervous.

I was not sure if it was some of the early mind tricks learnt online for ninja school or the threat of two adults bursting into tears, but the very nice checkin lady waived the charges after I removed one of the smaller suitcases and promised to take it as hand luggage.

The flight was quite enjoyable, the extra room (not just leg space) and superior culinary delights of business make life a lot easier! I also managed to squeeze in some late night calisthenics by changing into Q#$%@S complimentary pj's in the confines of one of the toilets. Good ninja training methinks.

After retrieving our luggage from the baggage carousel we managed to scamper *cough*collapse*cough* onto the express train that was to take us to out temporary accomodation. Unfortunately we discovered that carriages 1-6 were going to our stop and 7-12 not so much. So huffing and puffing we managed to lug the cases from carriage 9 to 6 where we were able to relax *cough*collapse*cough* for 20min.

All that was left for us to do was navigate from the train station to the apartments. Which was much easier once we determined the helpful 'YOU ARE HERE' maps are..........
Upside down Miss Jane, upside down!

Ninja Navigation 101 = HD