My hostel here has a strange Internet setup. Instead of using a wireless router, they give you a cable modem, you unplug the TV and plug that in. First time I’ve ever seen anything like that. The Tokyo Game Show is so big I have to go back for a second day. It costs about …
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Day 99 – Tokyo Game Show 2007
This morning I checked out of my hotel and checked into a cheaper hostel for the next two nights. Moving there was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. I couldn’t board the train in the morning because the train was too full and I could never made it on with my backpack. …
Day 98 – Kamakura / Yokohama
Today I got up early and after about 1.5h on trains I made it to Kamakura. This was the capital of Japan for a while about 900 years ago. I walked to a number of historical places in Kamakura: Engaku-ji, Zeniarai Benten, the famous Daibutsu, Hase-Dera, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu, and Kencho-ji. I took the Daibutsu Hiking …
Day 97 – Tokyo
I slept in as much as I could in the morning. I then headed off to Mitaka, a small suburb of Tokyo. I walked past the Ghibli Museum and through Inokashira Park. Then to the Ogikubo district of Tokyo. I ate lunch at my first restaurant in Japan. I liked the fact that it had …
Day 96 – Tokyo, Japan
After no more than four hours of sleep the previous night, I headed to the airport. The 2:10PM flight worked well. No traffic or lines in Metro Airport. Only took a minute to print out my boarding pass at the machine. I did get one of my liquid containers taken away from me because it …
September Update
I’m back with a new plan. I am leaving on September 18th on flight NWA 25 to Tokyo, Japan. With the help of a local Japanese travel agency, I have a Japan Rail Pass in my hands good for 21 days. My plan continues after traveling through Japan with a ferry to South Korea. I’m …
Day 95 – Back to Michigan
After spending the night in the wonderful state of New Jersey, I flew out on a 10:40AM flight to Detroit. After two hours or so, we approached for a landing and we got within a few hundred feet of the ground before the landing was aborted and the plane pulled up. High winds were the …
Day 94 – Over the North Pole
It is the last day before my hiatus from traveling. Soon I am going to Beijing Capital International Airport, which is the fastest growing airport in the world in terms of passengers and flights. Then I will have a 13h45m flight which I think will head over the North Pole (look at a globe) to …
Day 93 – Beijing
Today is my last full day in Beijing. My original plan was to stay four more weeks, then take a ferry to either Japan or Korea to travel around for a while, and then return back to China to travel more. My new plan is to return home to Michigan and stay there until September, …
Day 92 – Beijing
Today I headed to the center of the city again. I walked through Zhongshan Park, which borders the Forbidden City. Around the main tourist sites many people were trying to talk to me, and I’ve been in ignore mode. Inside the gated park I think there were a couple genuine people saying “Hello” to me, …