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The day that didn't happen...

I say this because I tried to wake up at 8:30 or so, sat down on the couch and felt the floor of the boat hit the roof... The day before, our friend Brian had called and said that there was a typhoon blowing off of Hong Kong, we of course paid no heed to this, but the next morning heed came and...

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Big_T on August 23, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

The First Part

The day...this is the day I leave Japan...granted, very slowly, but the day I leave Japan nevertheless. After a pleasant evening in Osaka the night before, it was time to get on board the Suzhoushou (or something like that) and whizz off to Shanghai to get the trip home started in earnest. By...

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adamski752 on August 22, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Adam's Leisurely Return Home

Get on the Boat!

Morning arrives, we eat the regulation free business hotel buffet, and then get a cab to the port. The cab was jam-packed with the 4 of us plus Adam and my massive luggage. The cab driver did not seemed best pleased, especially when the bottom of the car scraped on the gutter as we had...

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Big_T on August 22, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

Nara and Osaka

Woke up at about 9:30 and repacked my stuff... Threw out some things that I knew I could probably live without and decided to be a lttle wiser about how to pack the bag. I realised that I had forgotten some things, most notably a plastic bag to keep my smelly clothes in. I need to pick one of...

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Big_T on August 21, 2008 from Nara, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

The Second Last Day

Again Stephen was amazing today. He did most of my moving, I sorted everything out with the real estate agent and left the house at about 1:30. I rushed as quickly as a fat man with a 20kg pack on his back can to the Mongolian embassy, and after the cab driver got lost (why does no-one know...

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Big_T on August 20, 2008 from Tokyo, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

Moving Days...

My friend and amazingly hardworking removalist Stephen Watson cleaned up the house, while I gave a small amount of assistance. Lane and Jon were also valuable in this process, thanks for your help boys! Much appreciated... I also had the chance during this time to say goodbye to some very...

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Big_T on August 18, 2008 from Tokyo, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

The Goodbye Party

Adam kindly organised the venue for this occasion (a place called The Dog's Bollox in Ikebukuro) and we both went about inviting our respective and mutual friends. Somewhere in the vicinity of 60 people turned up to join in the festivities. As the night progressed, we got drunker and drunker and...

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Big_T on August 17, 2008 from Tokyo, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

Jyuu hachi?? Honto?!

http://s509.photobucket.com/albums/s332/TravelBot/ADVENTURE%20TWO%20Japanadventure/ Pictures are already up from today, detailing my lunching adventure. Dinner pics soon. Also maybe I should explain the blog titles. Basically it's the phrase that I heard the most that day. Irashaimase =...

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RoboRaptor on August 7, 2008 from Miki, Japan

from the travel blog: Japan: Irashaimase!

Atsui ne?

So, it is hot as a mother eff. Today was our first day in, after what seemed to be the longest 12 hours of my life. I spent most of the time on the plane trying to come up with a polite way to wake up my Japanese seat-neighbor in order to go to the bathroom. Sucks that she had to sit next...

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RoboRaptor on August 6, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Japan: Irashaimase!

Calpis hitotsu onegaishimasu

So today was our first full day! I woke up almost immediately at 8 AM which was weird. I felt fine though. It was probably those effing loud cicadas. They too, are huge, and also dead, like the giant beetle outside of nicky's door. (Pictures provided.) Some things I've noticed: -Firstly,...

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RoboRaptor on August 6, 2008 from Ono, Japan

from the travel blog: Japan: Irashaimase!

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