Woke up to a very sunny and hot day - Dee has burned! Got tram, ferry and bus to Surakajima volcanoe island - amazing place. Si trying to work out how to put pics on web for you all. Seems to be a Tiffany's in the most obscure places of Japan - local shopping centre houses one - bizarre! Off to taste the nightlife later and then early night as t...

Hello Everyone, Sorry my last couple updates have been so pathetic, but time & sleep was at a premium. So let me catch you on a couple things. First of all, I have finally been able to secure sumo tickets. The tournament is scheduled to start on November 11 and that is the only day in my itinerary that I could attend the match. I didn't know...

Als ich dann in Kagoshima angekommen bin war alles ja zu - nicht wie in Korea wo alles bis 02.00 Uhr offen hat. Ich hab dann 2 japaneren angequatsch und die haben fuer mich rumtelefoniert um eine bleibe fuer mich zu finden - total nett. Ich bin dann auch gleich ins bett gegangen - nach irgendwie 48 Stunden Reise hinter mir.

The room was freezing, the heating didn't work. Egg had all these messages up about protecting the environment, although it was more like "save the bank balance" than "save the planet". He was up about 7 and had already kicked the bloke next door out by the time we woke. "Mr Marc, Miss Lorraine time to get up, free bread and tea for you in kitch...