I don:t have long to talk about japan i will write more on it later, let me just say the place is mad...i am in an internet cafe and they have lazyboys as the chairs and its got 100 computers. life here is intense and walking down the streets is like a fasion show, i feel so out of place. mom came and visited me she could only stay a day but it was really fun we went to kyoto the first day and went to the geisha distract and saw the cherry blosoms in bloom and other sights. then yesterday we went to an herb garden and walked around the gardens for a while it was great. i am wondering around the city today and then tommorrow we are going to go to the hot springs. i can:t believe tommorrow is my last day on shore at semester at sea i really cant believe it is all almost over i feel really confused about how i feel about going back to life at home. i dont know what to think i am a mess of emotions at this point. i will be without internet for two full weeks after this i land on april 28 and dad is picking me up at the port in san deigo and driving me to LA and then from there on the 29 i am going to a movie premier with Kristina and then later that night and the next day going to Cochella i cant wait. i should be home may 3 or so not sure yet still havent gotten a ticket back yet. i will have my cell back in the states on the 28 so i can try and contact everyone again. home soon. humm.....