I tried not to mention friend's name but for clarity of the text I will have to give some name to each of the people I met. While in Japan I made a reservation at the yesinn.com hostel. This hostel was recommanded by one of my contact in HK. Here is where the real trip began. Accordingly to my plan I bought a HK SIM card for my cell phone. In Montreal, I choose to buy HTC kaiser 8925. Unfortunately, In Japan I was not allow to buy a prepaid SIM card. In HK that was not a problem to get [View Full Entry]

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The blog web site didn't save my entrie so I have to do it all over again. Now I use note pad to make sure I have a copie. Friday nov 28th I arrived in Tokyo late friday evening. Lucly I had someone waiting for me and who was offering accomodation for the week. Through a long time friend who studied in Mcgill, he put me in contact with one on his japanes friend a girl that also studied in Mcgill. This helped me a lot so I could spend my budget on food and activites. Also it remove some stress [View Full Entry]

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I decided to write my blog in english even if my native language is french. Please be understanding I do my best with the time available. So first things first. I negociated with my employer a sabbatical year which started november 15th 2008. My flight was schedule for nov 27th for Hong Kong with a stop over in Tokyo Japan. I have been preparing this year for more than 4 years. Originally I wanted to travel overland with my own 4x4 6 months in Australia and 6 months in Africa. I even saw a belgium couple who did China to Brussel [View Full Entry]

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