Sunroute Hakata Fukuoka

... I took the train from Saga to Karatsu and back this afternoon. Karatsu is an old town with a long tradition of making rough, non-symmetrical pottery, some of which looks like it was burned. It's not my style, but I'm glad I got to see it ...

... and experience was worth it!

The next day we boarded the Beetle - a high speed Jet Foil Boat which lifts out of the water and skims on ski-like foils. It took less than 3 hours to do 120 miles across the sea to South Korea which is pretty quick. It felt like you were on a place or a train but was even smoother, so no sea sickness, even after having an early morning beer - well, it was free!!

... videos hochlade. Bin schon reichlich müde von den Blasen auf den Füßen sprech ich gar nicht. Die verdank ich den neuen Schuhen (die etwas höher sind) und Andis Orientierungssinn ^_^.
So dann mach ich da morgen weiter,wir haben hier im hotel zwei nächste gebucht und wir schauen mal wo es uns dann hinführt, aber dazwischen melde ich mich ja noch.

Zum Glück hab ich die ...

... capsule once in a lifetime.. (just once)
8. They apologize several times a day for rudeness they haven't committed
9. When you speak English, nodding and smiling on their part does not mean they are understanding (their English is terrible)
10. The most reserved guy in the street can become the most gregarious one in a sake bar

Uniqueness of Japanese probably comes from their history of isolation, the crowded conditions imposed ...

... tocar, pero nos dio un buen susto porque era enorme. No se si era un aguila o un halcon, se ven mucho en Japon.
Cuando la marea empezo a bajar, a eso de las cinco, grupos de gente se arremangaron los pantalones e intentaron llegar hasta el torii. Nosotras nos esperamos hasta las siete y media, porque ya nos habiamos mojado los pies al mediodia y no nos apetecia esperar a que se nos secaran otra vez. El sol se empezo a poner y el cielo se volvio de un color anaranjado ...

... outcome! And 400Y in a baseball batting range, also highly hilarious with balls being fired at 100km/h! Once back in the hotel we excitedly learned how to download tv shows and films onto the computer and play them through the portable DVD player, so this evening we've caught up on the latest episode of Desperate Housewives, and currently downloading last weeks The Apprentice :-) That'll keep us entertained when we have no budget to ...

... d just like to put that out there. Also, if you didn't know, Hello Kitty is the official tourism ambassador of Japan. I'm happy about this, but I must lament and paraphrase as another blogger that Japan is now officially kicking our a** in the cute department with that there move. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/05/2 0/hello.kitty.ap/index.html

I loved to travel. I feel so happy when I am travelling around the world. I searched in www.topworld.com to know what the best place to travel in Japan is and my friend recommended Top World website. It is very informative and has a very nice facility. I read the information and it helps me a lot. Next time I will go there and know how beautiful the Tokyo Tower.

On March 22nd at 4:30pm I arrived at Fukuoka Airport. At 9pm that night my parents arrived. I guess I was a little excited. We had an amazing 2 weeks! My mom and dad got to meet my host families and friends. They saw my school, where I hang out, and watched me dance traditional 'Nihon buyo'. We also got to travel on our own around Japan a little bit. I'll explain more in the picture captions. Enjoy! :)

... looks. All those Western stores. There was a large large supermarket with many Japanese but also Western products. Suzanna had forewarned that I would likely understand nothing of what was in each of the packages that were sold, but luckily my reading ability had advanced a lot in the last few months, so that in many cases, unless I did not know what the item was, I was able to read what each item said. As Suzanna had said, the ...