After a long flight i arrive at Narita Airport @ 8.45am. I am exhausted, thanks to another night of crap sleep & jet-lagged to fuck. I get my bags and go through customs. I am really looking forward to getting back to my hotel for a shower, shit & kip. The guyatcustoms seems very suspicious but i suppose it is all part of the job. I am a Gaijen after all! I decide to get the coach into Tokyo as it seems the cheapest option, it is 1 hr 30 minutes to Shinjuku so i doze on the bus. I wake up right at the station and miss the drive in. In Shinjuku i am fucked. I am completely lost, bewildered, have no map, none of the taxi drivers speak English and it is baking hot. ... read more

It's precisely 14:46 on my final day at work before I leave to go on my first lonesome backpacking/travelling trip to the Far East. My first stop is Tokyo, Japan, on 2nd April & I will be returning home from Seoul, South Korea, on 2nd June. I'm excited. I'm really bloody, exceedingly, childishly excited. I've been reading wikitravel for the past 2 hours, have not stopped eating sweets, my boss is giving me the evil eye and I feel sick. It's precisely 2 hours before I go home and it feels like 2 weeks. This is my blog. My diary. My story. A tale about me and my 2 month journey of self-development. I'm writing this blog because I love stories. I want to share thess with you. I've also got a terrible memory but we'll ... read more