we're glad you're home you all did wonderous well to get all those beautiful photos in the midst of all the trauma you were going through. just think of it this way: no one will ever (or ever want to) duplicate your very unique trip.
take care!
Your return I've read your 3/16 blog post and passed along to Aviva, Richard and David the info that you are returning on 3/18. You have certainly had a unique trip.
So glad you are safe We just updated your situation and think you made a good decision. You have to follow your gut reaction. Your pictures are great and know this is a trip you will remember forever!
sad news I am sad to think that circumstances have made your choice necessary but, very happy you made the decision to come home. I will be very happy to hear that you have landed safely in Vancouver.
love
S
Baruch ha Shem We have just returned from a cruise in the Far East and left Japan about two days before the quake. I'm glad you two are OK. I'm looking forward to more reports. Maybe one day I'll learn to use this method to communicate
Take care on the rest of your trip
Elizabeth & Joe
Stay safe!!! happy to know that yourOK!!! Thinking about you and it truly was not the best timing-WHO KNEW!!Take care and stay safe.
Love, Dick and Marilyn
Thank god! Charles and Sandra
As you know I don't have TV but I happened to be doing and early morning shift at the hospice suite and watched in stunned silence at the disaster unfolding in Japan. It never occurred to me about the danger you might be in until I awoke this morning. I jumped out of bed and tore down to my computer to see if there was any news. Thank you for letting us all know. Do take care of yourselves. Cyber hugs to you. Coryll.
Hi Your nonchalant comments are in sharp contrast to the image in the US press, which has been cover-to-cover searching for the most extreme cases. From here, you get a limited idea of the relatively small area of Japan that got the major damage. There is a lot of press, also, on the tsunamis, mostly on this side of the "pond." So far as I have seen, there was 1 life lost in the US, a photographer in Crescent City (Way north CA) who was following a departing wave, and didn't realize it did multiple cycles...
I had special interest in the reactor problems, because Sunday, the last talk of the sustainable energy conf was a strong defense of reactor power by a Nuclear Eng prof at Berkeley. His main point, carried into private discussions as well, was that in the 30 yrs since TMI, we had learned an enormous amount, cleared up a lot of systematic problems and bugs by doing root cause analysis of all significant problems, and imposed much greater controls and engineering and admin oversight.
My guess is that he would have considered the problems with the 2 reactors near Tokyo to be evidence of successful containment...
Have a good "rest of the trip!" You really did have a uniquely fortunate experience.
R.
thank goodness you're safe first thing i thought of this am when i heard the earthquake news was "i hope charles and sandra are safe". thank goodness you travelled to nikko. talk about serendipity! this will be the story of your lifetimes.
take care!
Wow - lucky people! Just after 0730 Friday and have been reading about the earthquake. Obviously a 'biggee'. Enjoy Nikko - we were both there 40 plus years ago and remember how picturesque it all is. Lots of visiting school children at the time in their blue and white uniforms with teacher carrying a flag.
Watch out for aftershocks of course. Charles, have you checked out Akihabara yet?
Brian and Neomi
Interesting contrasts to China but similar in some respects.
Hotels were for the most part very grand of lobby(though they were not called four star), with lots of space in most rooms.
They were always decked out with robes, slippers, and an amazing array of stuff in the bathrooms.
In China electric bikes are the "thing to have"...... they were silent as the crept up behind you in the roadways.
I was surprised at the cleanliness of China.... looks similar to Japan.
The crowds are hard to deal with for a north american.
Interesting You two will be my pinoneer to conquer Japan. I will follow your footstep soon. LOL.
I am heading for Hawaii in April long weekend. I hope you will figure out what to order for breakfast in the morning. Have a great adventure.
wow thanks for sending us the link. we will be watching for your entries. John would have trouble there with the doorways, we suspect, but what an adventure. where are you off to next? John says to tell you that he traded our old van for a honda shadow 500 and looking forward to a road trip in the summer. Wanna come?
Nancy & Sandra
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you all did wonderous well to get all those beautiful photos in the midst of all the trauma you were going through. just think of it this way: no one will ever (or ever want to) duplicate your very unique trip. take care!