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Old Feb 23, 2015, 5:40 am
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LHR-NRT | 9 hr layover - solo, gay traveller... what to do

Hi everyone,

I will be flying from LHR to NRT via IST on the 8th of August. My flight arrives around 4:30 and departs at 13:50. I would love to explore the city but as a solo, gay, 21-year-old male I am a bit apprehensive since I have never been to the city before and have heard that the state has taken a hard turn to the right, politically.

TK offers tours for passengers who are laying over but I don't fit in to one of the three tour time frames, unfortunately.

Suggestions? Should I avoid the city or shall I give it a go? Also worried with the language barrier i.e. metro signs in English, etc. that I might have a hard time getting around.

Tried finding a similar thread to post this query in but couldn't find any...

Thank you
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