Aoba Hotel Nagano

... especial aquel paraje natural donde lo bueno es perderse, buscar los miradores elevados, admirar los cerezos y fotografiarlos junto al enorme contraste del intenso amarillo de un campo de flores. A la hora de comer... o mejor dicho... cuando tuvimos hambre, entramos en "COCO ICHIBANYA Curry House". <br><br>¿Qué comimos? ¡Arroz al curry! Pero no pienses que es tan fácil... El plato es tan sencillo ...

... some money on cab fare. Hopefully I can remember to ride on the left side of the street and the other vehicles remember to do the same. I'm also hoping that the rumors of English-speaking guides are true.<br><br>Adjusting my expectations... I had thought I'd zip through the castle and get to Kyoto early. Probably not. Everything takes longer than you think.

... meinen Handy genau da ausgegangen... - naja wir hatten ja noch die Gute Nikon ^_^<br>Runt** sind wir dann den and**en Weg gegangen, und haben h**ausgefunden das d** um einiges einfach** gewesen wäre (m**ke das nächste mal den läng**en Weg nehmen!!) - in d** Mitte des Weges nach unten, haben wir einen man getroffen...<br>ER: Hey you, have you seen bears??<br>WIR: No, havent seen any.<br>ER: You lucky ones you...They attack people, eh...humans....<br ...

so i am in matsumoto, out of the last 7 nights i spend 6 on parkbenches, the last time i took public transport was 8 days ago and suddenly i have a lot to write about...<br>First, a night in a youthhostel in JP sets you back around 35 to 40 dollar per night...nothing included, except the privilege to check in after 4 pm and leave before nine...ah...and at 9 pm they lock you in...thanks, then i prefer to sleep in my sleepingbag in a park,more fun, mmore adventure, more cheap....<br><br ...

... ones were burning hot. It was very relaxing and you could see a nice view of the valley and the monkeys hopping about around you. As we were right at the bottom of the valley we could see people really high above us but they couldnt see us very well, which was only a good thing. We then went back to the park and stayed for a while longer before getting the bus and train to Nagano, the main city of that ...

... and pictures of japanese ladies. We spent the afternoon exploring the town and Mark had a chestnut icecream- the place is also reknowned for its chestnut confectionary. By this point we had spent all of the cash we had on us and were directed to 2 atms nearby, however neither would accept our cards (all visa) even though they had the visa logo on them. These were the only places to get money out in the whole town and we had no other way of getting any, arggh! So we ...

... The Japanese students asked us questions, and we asked the Japanese students questions. They were all anonymous, which was nice. The questions ranged from what is your favorite foods to do you think we speak english well, to "would you ever date a Japanese person?" It was great to see how curious our new friends had become and it was amazing to realize how much we don't really know about each others cultures. Although the Japanese are ...

... which lies about 30 minutes train ride west of central, Imperial palace Tokyo, thigns got really, really stressful. Tons of people, which was fine except I had my massive suitcase and for whatever reason, there's a lack of elevators. And escalators sometimes only reach half way up a floor so you have to drag your bag up the remaining flights of stairs. All this because I needed to buy a Keio bus ticket to get to Fuji later. But Shinjuku station has 2 ...

... from 9-5pm and we naturally got there too late. <br><br>I love bullet trains in Japan. We got from Nagano back to Tokyo in the space of an hour and a half and summing up enough energy we found our ludicrously small hostel with a kitchen meant for 40 guests consisting of two hobs and a hot plate and crawled into bed exhausted!<br><br><br>Travelling Bumps<br>Personalised travel advice for pregnant women<br>http://www.travellingbumps.co. uk<br><br><br><br>

... to come by to take us back into town. Eventually one arrived and we walked up to the Zenkoji Temple past a street full of temple residences.<br><br>We wandered around the temple complex and gardens and even saw someone ringling the large bell using a wooden log before walking back down to the train station and catching the train back to Tokyo.<br>