Hotel Century Chiba

... 8221; for the lay people), Elizabeth discovered
her own guilty pleasure – flavored popcorn!
What a marvelous idea, and the queues can be out of control. Varieties include: Chocolate (Eli’s favorite), Caramel,
Strawberry, Sea Salt, Ground Black Pepper, Curry (no thanks), Soy Sauce and
Butter, Honey, and plain old Salted. The
food choices in both parks are phenomenal, and we could spend a whole week here
just ...

... to see Mount Fuji again due to the good weather. It still has its snowcap so it looked very picturesque. We were also able to drive up to the 4th station about 2000m up the mountain, which gave us a great view over the Japan Alpines. Thereafter we went for a traditional Japanese lunch, quickly mastered chop-sticks and didn't have to resort to a knife and fork! In the afternoon we went to Hakone, which is a thermal area ...

... wa. Dogs speak Japanese here too ya know, or do they? This new route took twice as long so I may stick to my well-paved, normal, and faster route from here on out. I would really love to write about everything I've seen and done, but want to have some new stories at Christmas, and need to regain some energy to last another weekday- thank goodness it's nearly friday :) 3 weeks down, 10 to go! love, Meaghan

... watch showed me I still had three hours to go. Like I said, had I known it would be like this, I would have never gotten out of bed in the morning ! Finally down, I managed to sit for a full hour in the outdoor heated swimming pool at the camp site that night - just sitting, resting my legs...! But of course, looking back, it has been an amazing experience, the best so far ! The next day, I just spent driving down to Wellington, where the ferry would take me across to the South Island. I ...

... work and proceeded to a favorite haunt of theirs called Big Echo- the karaoke bar. "Bar" is maybe not the appropriate word. "Hotel" perhaps would better describe it. We walked into the lobby and the concierge (as he appeared to be) behind the desk, with his headset and multi-lined phone system, took our booking for a room. We went upstairs to number 26, and got our very own little party room complete with flatscreen karaoke video extravaganza, table ...

... t any but there were some Murakami things we picked up. For lunch, we decided wanted to have ramen as our last meal in Japan and wanted to go back to place we had gone in Roppongi. Seeing that it was a chain, we went back to the hotel and asked them if there was one close by. Luckily they said yes and that it was within 10 minute walking distance from the Shimbashi JR line station. We ...

... Place we're staying is called a Ryokan(check it out on google), its a traditional Japanese place where u have a roll out Futon that just about covers the whole of ur room. Saying that, they do have a Jacuzzi which we got involved with after arriving (not in the room obviously, or the futon would roll out onto that, and that just wouldnt work). After getting there we fell asleep due to the immense weight of the bags we'd just hauled across Tokyo and then took a dip in ...

... the Director/Choreographer (Jean-Paul), other performers and aristocracy so he can discover why God created human beings. Lucifer meets Jean-Paul's blind sister Lilith who had run away ("Former star Ballerina who lost her 'prestigious position'"... and was blinded by her controlling mother! Talk about Drama!!). He learns lessons from Lilith, and dances with her in an MGM style Dream sequence! SCENE ...

... a completely separate island from mainland Malaysia). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, is said to have been built out of nothing only 150 years ago. It is a city said to be a place where skyscrapers tower into the heavens, where a diverse mix of Malay, Indian, and Chinese influences converge forming a beautiful Asian collage. Penang, on the other hand, was once affectionately referred to as the "Pearl of the Orient", and an island where it is said one can truly sample Malaysia ...

So somehow, my alarm clock didn't work yesterday, but I woke up spontaneously at 7 AM, with just enough time to get my stuff together really quick and hit the bus for the airport. In the madness, however, I left my camera at the hostel. I will get it back soon, though. It seems that hard luck and rainy days just follow me wherever I go, and yesterday was no change. I ...