Monday, 22 August 2011

Tokyo

I love the way the Japanese people bow to each other. And they all do it upon a meeting/introduction - young and old. It‘s not a  mere nod of the head,nor a doubled over kow-tow but it‘s a  lowering of the head that for me says respect and deference.  Offer your seat on the train and you 
exchange bows, buy something in the shop and you exchange bows.  It‘s cool.  And I  am becoming quite adept at it.  And how many thankyou‘s have I learned?  Arigato works here, and I know my sayonara‘s and 
konnichawa‘s.
I‘ve had suchi for the last 8 evenings.  But being careful with the dosh 
it‘s only been from the local supermarket.  But I love it and would so 
enjoy a  proper restaurant meal, but I wouldn‘t do it alone nor can I 
justify paying the 3000Y it would cost me. They‘ve also got a  can of 
STRONG here,it‘s vodka and lemonade.


I‘ve walked around (and got lost) and metro‘d around Tokyo (and caught the wrong train) Been up a  skyscraper, on  a  monorail, have seen a
hundred parks, seen a  million more temples and a couple of museums.
And I‘m tired.And it‘s time to say sayonara to the Far East.
My new case is bursting.  I have a whole layer of nic-nac presents.  And I have 1500 plus photos.
And people.
There‘s a lady in this hostel who is well into spending a year travelling the world with her 8 year old son.  Just the two of them.  School is on the I Pad in the evening.  He is very bright. And meeting people like this is a joy.  But even though I am having my own little adventure, it cannot 
compete - I‘ve been gone nearly 6 weeks - there‘s another guy here 
who has been away 9 months.  I‘m  a novice.


Long day of travelling tomorrow.  And I still havent got my head around 
it.  I will leave at about 1130am to catch the 1515 flight to Beijing, then to get the flight to LAX that lands at 1815pm. Weird. All I know is I am gonna be knackered.  Getting fed twice though.

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