Hotel Continental Yokohama

In the future some entries will be in english... write comments if or if you dont like this...

In der zukunft werden einige eintraege in englisch sein, wenn sich jemand dazu aeussern will, comments...


Nachdem es in tokyo nicht klappte, endlich ein grandioses feuerwerk in yokohama...
das haben sie wirklich drauf.
Zum feuerwerk tragen japaner traditionelle kleidung, vor allem Japanerinnen.
Schaut nett ...

... to larger rides similar to the portable rides seen at annual fairs, such as the Royal Easter show, and another section which contained some more exciting and permanent looking rides such as a large rollercoaster and a splashdown ride. I unsuccessfully attempted to convince Charlotte to go on the rollercoaster with me. It was a fairly large and quite fast rollercoaster, where the final party trick saw the track plunge into a tunnel leading underground ...

... with a sore head (erm wonder why!) Decided that it was a good day to visit Yokohama (also JR Rail passes run ...

... trains. If you think the London tube map looks massive, Tokyo's is horrendous! Plus its all in Japanese. Anyway we made it to our hotel eventually, which was a massive relief to get some sleep in a comfy bed, especially since we are staying in an 8 bed dorm in London for the first few nights. It is cold ouside and boiling inside, so it's hard to know what to wear because as soon as you walk in somewhere you overheat, so we've been ...

... was angled so that the pattern went from the bottom left to top right, and pointed towards a cat in the photograph in the opposing page. An air mixed with uncanny and eerie sentiment intersected in my mind. He flipped through the pages and showed me other photos. Most of his shots were close-up shots of birds and cats found around the riverbank on the lefthand side of the book, juxtaposed with those ...

... a medal to. Browsed around for a bit longer and discovered a stall selling old VHS tapes of English speaking movies. We don't have a DVD player and videos are hard to come by nowadays, so I was rapt regardless. Almost wet my pants though when I found 'Muriel's Wedding'!!!!! Leaped for joy at the unearthing of this second blessed relic, purchased it immediately and started to really regret not having special medals made that said, 'I've just made Skye's week', which I ...

... and even bought me a book coaching how to crack interviews! I will try a few plum jobs. If nothing comes my way by mid-June, I will train my muscles while earning a few pennies. I did not take his comments as indictment of being a traitor, but more as sincere advice. After all, there are MacDonalds, Starbucks and supermarkets. My guitarist friend Taro and I got together in Tokyo , and went shopping. I was looking for a high quality guitar that ...

Today has been an.....eventful day. Ill fill you in. Give you the 411, whatever that means. I went this morning to the ATM around the corner so as to be able to pay for the next night at the hostel since all my yen had been evaporated mysteriously. I found out it was closed so I grumbled my way back to the hostel and paid with my Amex (Thankyou so much Mum, Id be ina gutter somewher if it wasnt for that). Then I used the last of my yen to catch a train to ...

... schedule and come about every 15 minutes. We had comfortable seats and it was a good way to see more of Japan. After a 3 hour ride we arrived in Tokyo, and began looking for our hotel. I didn't realize that Tokyo is the largest city in the WORLD! Nobody had ANY clue where our hotel was. All we knew was that it was in walking distance to one of the fish markets, so we asked our cab driver to drop us off there. The fish market was neat and we saw a restaurant ...

... get them in a split-second. The range of technology here is incredible, we had selected two mobile phones (now available with satellite gps navigation) to purchase only to realise one must be living in Japan for 3 months and possess some sort of ID card to prove so, to purchase any mobile phone. Pity cos they're pretty cheap and advanced in comparison to in Ireland. No sushi for us this evening as its very late when the shops eventually shut and we`re forced home.