Back in March, my traveling companion en route from London to Narita was Ben Archer, English crew chief of an airship -- one of those zeppelin-type balloons that fly around advertising companies and products. We tried to meet up, but schedules failed to mesh. Sorry about that, Ben.

I have better luck with Angel Nokonoko, who sat beside me on JAL Flight 404 on July 10. Delighted to find ourselves twin angelic souls flying across Siberia, our wings were beating as one by the time we touched down 12 hours later.

We meet up again in Shibuya the day before he returns to London, and already he is planning to come back, somehow.