http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/MDKirb/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from MDKirb en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:00:14 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:00:14 +0000 Before you go to China be prepared for some new smells. Remember that the green ldquoyou can walkrdquo light is only a suggestion. Bring toilet paper with you all of the time think of it as your passport. Forget about the western toilet. When toilets don't have doors its not a mistake. If you think your getting out of sight by taking the one at the end your not because everyone else thi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-430137.html There are always bumps along the road while your travelling and my first bump happened as soon as I got off the plane at the Narita airport. Tomo was nowhere to be found and after paging him and waiting for two hours I was ready to make a move. I met a great guy on the airplane named Paul who gave me a name of a hostel in downtown Tokyo named Kimi Ryokan. On Paul's way out of the airport he sai http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-420650.html I may not be flying to Asia until the 19th of July but my journey has begun as far as I'm concerned. I had been training for the Sinister 7 Ultramarathon since January 2009. I don't follow a very rigid training schedule and I always say that I'm very savage in my ways. After six months of pummelling my body on the roads and trails I was more than ready to run the race. I was tired of traini http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/blog-417197.html