Hey C and D. Two post cards for you, mailed from the middle of a huge volcano caldera. (Aso.)
Category: Japan
Steam Fills the Sky
Sitting in a hotel in Aso, Kyushu, set in massive caldera. Steam is filling the sky above the volcano.
Photo Op on a Train
Hey C and D Wish you could meet my new Japanese friend. He spoke a few words of English.
Train to Somewhere
Train waited while folks got off to sample tea and baked sweet potato. I then hiked the hills and forest.
Hiking Sock Dryer (TM)
Sunday morning. Introducing the Phase 3 Hiking Sock Dryer. A must for every backpacker.
Mt. Sakurajima
Rising sun. Mt Sakurajima (volcano, erupts daily) across Kagoshima Bay from hotel. Today I’ll climb it.
Operating Instructions
My young nephews would have fun with this.
Almost Kagoshima
On the bullet train, looking forward to a couple nights in Kagoshima. Tomorrow? I have no idea.
Japan Plan for a Plan
My plan for a plan while I’m in Japan.
Japan Framework 2013
Tomorrow I go to Japan. I need a plan for a plan. The only fixed part of my “Japan Framework” is: March 22: Hydrofoil from Busan, South Korea to Fukuoka (Southern Japan). April 11: Check in to Sapporo New Chitose Airport hotel (Northern Japan)–I’m catching an early flight next morning. April 12: Fly Sapporo to… Continue reading Japan Framework 2013