Japan: land of the morning sun, futuristic technology and fashion, plus natural disasters!

[holden_wake]

So my long-term mission to finally travel to Japan was accomplished! Hurah! It was at great expense and I got a nasty sore throat, but it was worth it!

In short, our trip started with a quick trip through Tokyo, then was off to Mount Fuji, to be followed by a trip to the Osaka-Kyoto-Nara area, and then finally trained to Hiroshima and took the

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[danger_aardvark]

Sounds like a great trip! One day I will make my way to Asia and Japan and Korea and many of the other great countries in that part of the world. Untl then I enjoy your updates.

[holden_wake]

yeah, it was fun! Asia is really fun to travel around in! though Japan is pretty much as expensive or more expensive than traveling in Canada, the rest of Asia is pretty cheap. some people in southeast asia can get by on less than $20 a day. so the biggest cost if you think about it is really the air fare.

[adamflybot]

That sounds like a great trip! I look forward to seeing some pictures (I hope you took lots of them).

A) That livefeed camera on the plane sounds amazing. I wish I was watching that right now in my cubicle!

B) I've never considered an altitude goal before. Maybe I should...

[holden_wake]

yeah, i should get around to posting them tomorrow. i've been really lazy with posting pictures this year, but i shall do it tomorrow!

the livefeed camera was amazing, i really did wish they had it going over the pacific since the plane does this cool route through the artic where its all glaciers and ice. but everyone is sleeping so i have to keep my window slider thing down. :(

it would make a cool tv channel, kind of like that goldfish tv thing in the 90's.

haha, altitude goals is weird thing i picked up in BC, i never really thought about it before i started hiking. it is an interesting experience to go to really high places though.

probably won't ever make it to the 'death zone' past the 8,000 metre mark, but maybe i can get close...