The latest Journal Entries from mcdk at Footstops.com en-us Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:27:03 -0800 Copyright 2008, Bryan Rite @ Footstops.com Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:27:03 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 240 http://www.footstops.com/buti4/ It was my first trip to Japan and i definitely had a blast!!!!! We went over to Japan with lots of research being done and drew up an itinerary which tried to cover different parts of Japan as possible. And we pretty much stuck to it except with d... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3853/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3853/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:32:26 -0800 I hate sleeping on the plane!! So uncomfortable! Arrived in Sydney about 1pm. Landed safely. Picked up our duty free items we previously bought at collection point. Quarantine is a bit more strict now. There's no longer a Green-Nothing to Declare ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3869/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3869/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:31:24 -0800 Last day in Japan!!! How sad. Woke up to "Pablo" ringtone. Packed our bags and checked-out at 10am. Bought bread from Andersan and coffee from Starbucks and stood around eating at Ueno station. We trained to Tokyo and waited for 30min for the next... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3852/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3852/ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:04:28 -0800 We woke up at about 8am this time and went downstairs for complimentary buffet breakfast. Prolly the best breakkie out of the whole trip. Mixed between western and jap food. We stuff ourselves fully. Checked out and caught a bullet train straight ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3851/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3851/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:47:37 -0800 At night, after the ferris wheel, we caught the train back to Osaka Station and ate dinner at Yodabashi-Umeda shopping centre food restuarant level. Dinner was 830yen and we got rice and noodles again. Quickly went to Floating Garden Observatory at U... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3916/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3916/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:30:50 -0800 Derrian was eager for an early start. Woke up at 7am. We all cleaned up and packed while he went to the station to book tickets for Shinkansen. Came back with 4 coffees from Starbucks. Checked-out of Budget Inn around 8.30am. Kimi gave us free cho... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3850/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3850/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:29:44 -0800 Alarm was set at 5am. But we woke up at 10am hahahha.. We never wake up on time and today was the latest ever that we woke up at. So late. Ate ramen and rice meal at this restaurant in Ponto for brunch. 900yen so cheap!!! Went upstairs of station ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3849/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3849/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:23:43 -0800 Such a good sleep. Woke up and packed then went upstairs for complimentary breakfast. Japanese style again, a box containing: fish, rice, pickles and some weird bean stuff. Gross i didn't like it. You mix it with mustard and some sauce. Everyone i... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3847/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3847/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:43:00 -0800 The clothes dried. Checked out of Hotel Edoya and walked to Akihabara with our luggage to buy USBs which we never used. Had a coffee and quick breakkie at Excelsior Cafe. It was so windy today that Derrian's hat and glasses blew away and Cat had t... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3846/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3846/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:46:36 -0800 Dermatitis has struck me again. I always seem to get it when I go away on holidays. Must be the weather or water. Took too much phenergan last night so couldnt wake up properly. Had to pop some Sudafed to wake me up. Got to breakfast late again. A... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3769/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3769/ Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:23:32 -0800 Shibuya was so packed!!! We got to see and experience the famous 4-chrome intersection crossing. Crazy!!! So many ppl!! I don't know why, but when the lights turn green, ppl walk and then the lights turn red. More ppl come from i dunno where and w... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3905/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3905/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:06:13 -0800 Got to Harajuku around 9.... too late. Most shops were closed. We did go into this big shoe store and Mimi bought some work shoes. Saw some Harajuku girls aka weird girls with blond hair, black eyeliner and weird dress sense oh dear. Walked along ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3904/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3904/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:58:17 -0800 Next place on the list was Ginza. Caught a train there, it truy is Japan's answer to 5th avenue... All these poshy brand name stores. The stores are actually a lot bigger, and the whole building is theirs. WOW such a nicceeee place. The roads were... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3903/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3903/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:56:22 -0800 Walked to Ueno station. It was quite a big station lots of ppl. Bought some sushi\bread for lunch. Weren't too comfortable with eating food on the train (I don't think we're allowed) so quickly ate on station. Did you know ure not allowed to call or ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3902/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3902/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:47:00 -0800 Walked to Ueno Park (which was HUGE AS) to look around some temples and museums. Saw japs play baseball. We saw this magician aka Pitt St performer doing some cool tricks and mexicano ppl singing jap sugoi! We paid to go into Tokyo National Museum... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3887/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3887/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:58:44 -0800 First night at Hotel Edoya was good. We went downstairs for our included buffet breakfast so japanese: seaweed, bamboo shoots, rice, miso soup. I didnt mind but for someone like derrian i think it sucks ahhaha.. We randomly stumbled our way... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3768/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3768/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:20 -0800 Caught train to Roppongi and went to Tokyo Tower for night view. Its lke japan's version of Effiel Tower. It looks like it! Saw Hello Kitty world and ate dinner - ramen for us and maccas for derrian. We purchased our dinner using the vending machi... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3886/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3886/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:43:37 -0800 Ueno/Ochanomizu area was a lot more packed than Asakusa. More ppl walking around. Based on a few maps we made it to Hotel Edoya except we were too early for 1pm checkin so we left our luggage there, quickly checked email then walked down to Ameyok... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3885/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3885/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:41:48 -0800 Good night sleep in capsule. Checked out at 10am. But decided to go down to Asakusa for breakkie at Starbucks. Got a muffin and coffeee... then had like 45min to spare so walked through the famous Kaminarimon Gate and walked along Nakamise Street ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3884/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3884/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:41:16 -0800 We woke up to see how beautiful the golf course was from our balcony. Its really big. And we saw ppl mowing the lawn. Big lawn - i wonder how they do it. The weather looked gloomy and about to rain so that wasn't too good. We packed our bags and p... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3743/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3743/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:30:10 -0800 Arrived at Taipei TaoYuan airport at around 7pm. However, we were met with a dilemma. We waited and waited at the carousel but our luggage was nowhere to be found!!! Ran into an aussie guy and realised he was in the same situation as us. Went to C... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3845/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3845/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:45:03 -0800 The day has finally came yay!!! Went to Pharmacy Direct in the morning just to buy some last minute stuff before dad and mum drove me and cat to the airport. Cat so funny, she didn't even have time to put on shoes lol. Got to the airport at 10.30a... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3742/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3742/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:44:44 -0800 Decided to start a travel blog like Lili and Jessie to blog about our experiences in Japan. I will have to work out how to upload photos and stuff onto here. Tonight will be our last night in Sydney. So excited!!!! Only started packing now ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3707/ http://www.footstops.com/buti4/blog/3707/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:21:25 -0800