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Mushi Mushi,

Hello from Japan, im am writing this sitting in our Yoof Hostel in Tokyo, the Sakura Hostel (flower hostel, aww!). It is simply delightful, probably the most amazing place i have ever been, everything is so different! Pete and I have just been wondering about, mouths open, agasp at all the woderful things, the smells the sights!

The flight over for me didn't go that badly, i had probably the most room of any of the Cattle Class passengers, and the service beats most of the British carriers. One of the only good things i can say about the French. I took off at 6am and probably arrived your time about 12am so an 18 hour flight in total, but i did have a stop over in paris for 2 hours (CDG is the worlds worst airport, staff and design equally awful)

Got through customs with relativly few hassles and took the Narita Express into the center of town. From there catching a metro to Asakusa where we are now. All in all a great start to a day.

But MY GOD, the heat is incredible! Its only 30'C but the humidity is about 90% and i have had to change my shirt 3 times! Thank your particular higher power that our room as the most almighty Air-con!! Score

The Best
Vending Machines - Anything you like can be bought from vending machines, particularly the fantastic Coke Bottle Cans, metal bottles of ice cold coke. Needed as you are loseing so much liquid.
Food - Petes penpal in Japan, Yura met us in the city center - amazing buildings - and took us up the top of the Tokyo Council Buildings, two really tall towers in the downtown area with an observation deck. Tokyo at night has to be one of the most beautifull cities i have seen. Red and orange lights strech off into the far horizon. She took us to a Japanese resteraunt, where im sure they supplied food we never asked for, but im not complaining, it was delicious. Mostly Chicken and Meat, and no Fish as far as i could tell, which was suprising.
The Toilet - You have not experienced the full wonder of our basesest of bodily fuctions until you have used a super loo. While music plays, a delicate scent is pumped into the cubical, and after you have finished your nasty business, a simple press of a button and a gentle warm jet of water fires straight up your..... well we can all guess. Anyway i felt both overjoyed and violated at the same time.

The Worst
The God Awfull Heat!The Metro!The Travelers Panic - The Travelers Panic set in quite early on when we first arrived at the metro station, causing the above three problems. I think we now have a good grasp of the train system now, but i still find myself longing for the simplicity of the London Tube, I Know!

I think thats enough for today, should ahve a slightly more relaxed day tommorrow, trying to keep quite cool, it is ment to be only 25'C tommorrow. Im off to have a quick tinny before bed.

Sayonara Great Britain.



Disclaimer - Scott can not be held accountable for the spelling in this article. There are at least 12 new buttons on the keyboard, and for no real reason can suddely start typing like this 　伊ts　伊sヴぇｒｙあんおいんｇ and can be quite frustrating.