http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/jdchiefboy/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from jdchiefboy en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:02:46 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:02:46 +0000 Okay...im sorry that i have been slacking on my blog but ive been too god damn busy. in the last few days i have sailed the high seas on a pirate ship ridden a gondola over a sulfer mine got lost in a train station fell ill to bullet train sickness more on that later found someones passport in tokyo then later ran into him in kyoto explored castles stumbled into a japanese wedding went o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/blog-298312.html unfortunately i cannot read japanese which has made certain aspects of this trip quite time consuming and difficult.....such as trying to post photos to my blog. as soon as i can find a computer that is not in japanese i will post about a thousand photos. At 530 am wednesday matt slyvia and i headed out for the tintsukiji fish market located in central tokyo. I have always heard that this mark http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/blog-297286.html on tuesday while all of my friends in america slept I was riding a random train bound for tokyo at 245 am pacific standard time. The 60 minute ride from Narita to Ueno station in the middle of Asakusa seemed unbearble as the jet lag made it nearly impossible for me to stand. Standing in the middle of a crowded subwaystyle train my spirits were drained. it had been nearly 20 hours since i had http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/Asakusa/blog-297116.html The first three days of my travels brought me to San Jose California. to clear things up I have too much fun to proof read my blogs....if you are looking for perfect grammar read a textbook. with that said......for the 4th of july chris and kevin who I was staying with had some friends in San Fransisco who had invited us over for dinner. I didn't take any photos of the get togeher but I assur http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Jose/blog-295709.html