http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/SDinJP/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from SDinJP en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:18:36 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:18:36 +0000 Hey.Well this is my final entry.Yesterday was pretty uneventful. All this travel has caught up to us i think. We're pretty shattered at the moment. So we did some washing and chilled at home with some music. Cold and wet too so going out was kinda pointless. Went into Tokyo last night but we bailed after about 2hrs.Today sat we're off to the Tokyo Dome to see a Baseball game. Really excited abo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Chiba/blog-391679.html Been up to heaps since last entry. Too much to type here now. So this week so far has been pretty relaxed.Monday we spent getting some washing done and backing up all our photos. We did all this at the place we were staying. They are some on andrews mates and were so god to us. Every morning breakfast was ready and waiting 4us same for lunch and dinner. The couple have a 3yr old daughter who woul http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/blog-391127.html hey all.have been to heaps of places since my last entry. Down to Kyoto on the Shinkansen bullet train.12288wow that thing goes so fastvisited heaps of temples and shrines.12288hired bikes and went for a ride around the city. just a little bit dangerous stayed in a youth hostel in Kyoto. did Osaka and saw a castle there. Stayed in a capsule hotel the other night. it had numerous signs st http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/blog-389929.html m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/blog-388691.html 7th AprilWent and saw a big buddah this arvo. Its the highest statue in the world at 129mt.Was pretty awesome sight we also went up inside it to the top. Small look out up there.We have been staying with one of andrews good friends Eri while in Tonosho and we were invited to her grandmothers place for some morning tea. She gave us a heap of old ceramic stuff. cups plates etc. There is some prett http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/blog-388653.html 40409did big day by myself walking around tokyo while andrew was at wedding. Was pretty good but the crowds were too big. saturday must be popular with the locals. That night i met up with andrew and some other wedding guest and we went to karoke. was awesome fun50509Back in Tonosho now Andrews old town saw some of the local festival here this arv. Talk about a freak show they do some biz http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/blog-387893.html Here we go again on these keyboardsvery quick.so after the snow went too FujiQ highlands rollercoaster park Never been so scared in my lifeI do believe i am afraid of heights Especially when u are upside down at 80meters in the airOne ride goes from 018okmhr in a few secs and at one stage does a 90degree vertical dropgotta go just wanted to update some pics. back out into the crowd nows http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/blog-387513.html HeySo been super busy this week.Went snowboarding for 3days was so much funthe snow was awesome cold at times but can be very warm during day.Did a 2hr lesson in snowboarding with andrew as my interpreter and went from there to the slopesFirst day was a big learning curve with a few spills and day 2 went much better. But i did manage to roll my ankle a couple of times.Yep i did a small http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Fukushima/blog-387352.html Hey guysSo the flight was so long and thank god we had the emergency seating. Plenty of leg room thereJust spent all of today roaming around Harajuku and a few other places. The trains are so full on i would have no idea what to do if it wasnt for andrew. this keyboard is so hard to useWe are catching a 11pm bus to the snow fields. Think its a 6hr ride hopefully i fall asleepWe have ret http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/Harajuku/blog-386105.html yep just trying it out again. make sure i've got rid of any bugs http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/blog-382010.html Hey.So i'm going to try keep you guys up to date while i'm away with this siteIf i get time and the chance i will post every now and then.This is just a test to see how it all works. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-380347.html