Sunlife Hotel 1st Fukuoka

... an hour's walk, maybe longer. Thanks to computer mapping, I have a good map of the route, including the locations of convenience stores along the way. Hasami is a town where there's a company, Hakusan, that makes pottery in modern designs.

... the other stuff was!! But glad we did as it was the best noodle soup we have had all trip. Then we decided to be brave and order some other little bits - Rob ordered some chicken skewers, which although this is what it was, we had no idea what part of the chicken it was from as it was hard and crunchy!!!! Lesley then pointed at a few things that could not be identified but thought it might be ...

... Pilzen cremig und mit Fleisch das einen Fettrand hatte, aber sehr dünn geschnitten war - ich tippe mal auf Schwein oder Rind - aber nachdem es andi probiert hat und meinte man schmeckt das Fett nicht hab ichs auch probiert und es war echt sehr sehr gut und man konnte kein fett schmecken...) echt lecker sowas. Der Hauptgang war auch sehr lecker aber der maguru bleibt unvergesslich ^_°

I stayed a few days in this nice and modern city located on Japan southern island before taking a 6h ferry to Korea. To sum up I'd say: Good looking women and good food here. More info in pictures' comments.

Fun stuffs about Japanese and ideas:

1. They drive on the left side of the road. Can somebody explain? That I know, there was no English influence here..
2. You read a magazine from bottom to top (I mean right to left)
3 ...

... vimos el templo en la isla.
Cuando la marea empezo a bajar, diversos animales aparecieron entre la arena, como cangrejos y moluscos. Varias garzas blancas estaban al acecho para empezar a comer. Otros que tambien estaban al acecho de nuestra comida eran los ciervos. Tuvimos varias sorpresas con un par de ellos que se empenaron en perseguirnos y aparecer cuando menos lo esperabamos para agarrar la comida en nuestras bolsas. A uno de ellos, le lance un carton de zumo de ...

... baseball team in Japan!) to the sea. It seems a bit strange thinking about Japan having a seaside resort but here was one. Although there were no Blackpool-style entertainment or food vendors. Just some massive hotels, a baseball stadium and the Fukuoka Tower. So we bought a can of Fanta and sat on the beach for a while looking out at the sea. Pondering the difference between Japan and back home - where on a day like today any beach ...

... those Harajuku girls, they looked like strung-out rocker chicks who just came from a Halloween party at Disneyland. They wouldn't let me take a picture of them with their fishnets, parasols and excessive makeup on. But then again we were in Wendy's and maybe they had no time and were just hungry. **Note** This is not one of the girls I saw in ...

... in we did not know what on earth to expect! We found ourselves in a very large and beautiful shrine which we have lots of photos of for you to enjoy. We left the shrine on the other side through an even larger mouth and found a temple graveyard which was really interesting to walk around, it was incredibly peaceful despite being in the middle of the city and the gravestones ...

... K.L.I. and withdrew from the program, getting a little bit over $1,000 in refund. That turns my one week at K.L.I. into a $600 course on reading and pronouncing Korean, which is steep but not as bad as it could be under the circumstances. Afterwards I grabbed lunch in the K.L.I. cafeteria. There a Korean-American graduate student sat down near me and we talked for a long time about various subjects. She kept repeating 'god, I can't imagine' when I explained my situation to her. She ...

... canal all the way, but first I had to cross a big road via a traffic light. The traffic light was a little out of the way, but since no Japanese seemed to just walk across, I decided not to, either. Everyone always obediently waits for the lights to turn green, except on very minor roads. On my way to the station, I was not too sure whether I was going the right way, so I asked a food stall owner, a nice elderly gentleman for ...