In the park

June 26th 2006
Hi all! So I'm in a small town near Kagoshima- well relatively near. Japan is brilliant after backpackerland. Instead of looking at me 'as if I have 2 heads' (another guy's quotation to sum up how we were sometimes treated), the Japanese are really nice, courteous and friendly. I was immediately struck by how foreign I looked. Even in South America we passed as Argentinian and didn't stick out ... read more

Asia » Japan

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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Eleni and Eric

Quest for the Golden Carrot

Let's face it, travel diaries are boooring! No-one cares that you spent 59 hours balanced on top of a train holding onto the goat you hired, or that you had to wake up at 2am in order to trek up the local hill with your 15-year-old tour guide Chang. Sad but it's true. Well my friends, this diary is different. You see Eleni found a treasure map in her attic. It talks of a mysterious magical Golden Carrot, the ultimate vegetable-based prize! Legend has it that the owner of this Carrot becomes inundated with offers of full-time employment, and so we are giving up the traditional method of job ... full info

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