Wednesday 8th April

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Up at 6am, seems to be my routine now! - Check my emails, have a shower etc etc

Do you know what i am going to stop telling you about my daily routine as it is boring me so god knows what it is doing to you guys! - i shall just crack on with the good shit :-} god damn these japanese keyboards!

Went out for an amazing walk today around Lake Kawaguchiko. The Lake is absolutely beautiful, it is 22km in diameter & absolutely surrounded by mountains and trees. The only i would fault about it is the trees look like they need a bloody cold watering. I expect the rain does not fall here very often, or if it does, it looks like it does not fall very heavily.

First of i mission to the Yamanashi Gem museum. It may be geeky to some of you, or not very interesting but gemstones/crystals amaze me. I do not quite get the spiritual connection of them - that some beleive - but i do find them very beautiful. The museum is only 300 yen entrance so i take a look round & have a bit of a frenzy with the pictureswhich you are not supposed to take but hey there is nobody about!

I am dedicating a few to my crystal loving buds...you know who you are!

Some of the gemstones are magnificent, absolutely stunning and huge! - i lap it up & visualise myself head to toe in diamonds :-D

After the gem museum i walk around the lake, past the bridge and towards the Yagasaki Park. I stop in a small quaint cafe called Happy Days on the way & buy a beer, desert & smoke a fag. I actually want to say that i have smoked 60 fags since i have been here - which is only a week - and before i left i was smoking 4-5 roll-ups a week!...Terrible!...I always do smoke more on holiday though but 60!!!

Back on topic, I head towards the park which is a little prefecture of trees, a small island type thing & a small pagoda by the lake. The Japanese ideas of parks by the lake - so i have found - seem to be just trees and a couple of guys in a boat...hahaha

anyway I take many pictures as i go round....Check them out!

The day is ended in relaxtion.

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Photos

Karaoke Bar on my street
these guysare everywhere

Comments

[Sam]

The crystals are very beautiful i agree,, hope your having a lovely time,, xx