Jun 05

Day 3 18th June,2005
9:10am
Today we are going to Hiroshima, at the moment we are on the bullet train... we are apparently going 300KM/ph freaky huh!

10:50pm
Back in my hotel room in Osaka now.
Hiroshima was so so so sad, after seeing the memorial we then went walking through the peace park and over to the atomic dome and then went for lunch and shopping!



We found some 100Yen shops... i suggest people go to them if they are ever in japan they are unreal and great bargains!!

After seeing Hiroshima we then went to Kobe it was really cool, exept the teachers wanted us to do some science thing and me and paige couldnt be bothered so we just sat down and enjoyed the views!
We seen the Bridge which collapsed during a big earth quake it was pretty incredible.

(ruins of the bridge that collapsed during the earthquake)

(the new bridge built next to the collapsed one!)

After that we went shopping i went off on my own and looked around and mad friends with a really friendly japanese guy who owned a really cool clothing store who was so unbelievably excited to meet an Aussie, i felt like a celebrity it was funny, especially since everytime i walked back past his shop he would call out my name he would pronounce it Bleane Hickus and would wave histerically at me.

After spending the night last nght with out our luggage its apparently arriving in our hotel tonight thank god!

I really love this place!!

Here is something you really dont want to know but for the last hour me and paige have been trying to teach a friend staying in our hotel room how to use something i girl should already know how to use a tampon... sorry people i dont mean to offend anyone by saying this in my blog!

And before that we had to walk down to family mart, that shop is so awsome its like a mini supermarket or as my mate bianca calls it a "milk bar"

Anyway Chow for now!

Day 2, 17th June 2005
8:30am
Wow do we wake up early... well it feels early because im tired after travelling all day!
we are about to leave for Osaka Castle
then we are going to Honganji Temple, Kiyomizu Temple and then Kinkakuji Temple! biiig day!

8:20pm
Osaka castle was really cool but my fave Temple today was the Kiyomizu Temple... mainly because there was hundreds of little markets and shops leading up to the temple was awsome!

(group out side osaka castle)
(kiyomizu temple)
Also did a bit of shopping. Me and paige decided we werent game enough to try the Japanese food so we tryed to look for what we thaught was edible today for lunch(not very cultural of us but we were scared its out first day) so we had ice cream and octopus on a stick coveredin cheese it was crazy of course we didnt realize it was octopus at first but hey it was actually nice.. though a bit sickening after a while!
Once we got back to Osaka we went wandering around the streets exploring for a while, there is this shop called family mart... im pretty sure its an american franchise.. it was pretty cool me and paige loved it!

Thursday 16th June,2005 1:50pm

Oh My God, its today im so excited.
I'm on the plane now, after quite an emotional time at the airport i never thaught id cry but i ended up howling as we went through getting out pass ports check and through security... was pretty funny sight now that i think about it!

(this is all of us at the airport and our familys (before i started crying like crazy!)

(joe, paige me and sam who is all blurry waiting to board the plane for what felt like years!!)

I got the window seat and im sitting next to my cousin and best mate paige and her friend sam. the take off was so scarey i was hyperventilating... i have never been on a plane before today!
Apparently we are 40,000 feet in the air according to the pilot... and he would know!.. having lunch now will write more later!

I cant decide if i like the air plane food.... we had chicken thigh fillet with honey mustard grain sauce, it was nice though some of the other stuff they gave us was gross.

We are out of Australia now i just seen out the window us flying over the out line of australia i filmed it! it looked so cool and surreal!

5:30pm
Still on the plane, its starting to get boring... i so cant sit down for this long so i have been wandering the plane pretty much non stop... not that you want to know but omg it is so hard to go to the toilet mid air.. it just doesnt work!
Paige makes things alot more fun she is a crack up.
im looking out the window and all i can see is white... we are currently inside a big fat cloud!

6:15pm
STILL ON THE PLANE!!......
been flying since 12pm, we are watching the aviator on the big screen, its pretty good.. passing the time anyway!
Its still very bright and sunny out side its weird because by now it would be dark in Australia!
We went through turbulance about 10 minutes ago i just about shat my pants (excuse the expression! but its true) was so scary the plane was bouncing all over the place but its over now thank god!.

8:05pm (japan local time)
Finally we are here i can see japan and we are flying down to the airport now!! soooo exciting!!

10:10pm
Finally at the Caiton Hotel in Shin-Osaka! just arrived in room its huge compared to everyone elses.. somehow they made a mistake and our room is bigger than everyones!

goodnight!