Visa Run
Here's what I wrote when I was in Japan:
So, thoughts on Japan so far.
It's warm! I don't know if it's the fresh feeling of spring here, while in Jeonju it's still freezing away, but I feel an energy here. It could also be the foliage here too. I'd live to see it in the spring or summer when the grass is green.
Other things I've noticed is that it doesn't seem as "Busy" as Jeonju. Granted it's still Thursday afternoon, but still, less random people walking around than Jeonju.
Also, it's clean! After I noticed this I looked around and (like Korea), no trash bins. Now how can Japan keep it clean but Korea can't?
Anyways my night at the hostel proved to be a good time. I met some new people and went out for dinner, drinks and Karaoke. I ended up rolling in at 3:30 in the morning. It was a good night.
The next morning I went straight to the embassy and got my Visa. No problem at all. I spent some of the day walking around, found a nice little beach to sit, read a book and walk along the water. But then it started to rain so I headed back to the airport. I got there at 4:00 and had to wait until 9 till my flight left. But hey, at least it gave me time to read my book "Guns, Germs & Steel" a great book.
Well, that's pretty much the whole trip I had. Down below are some pictures that I took while I was on my trip.
posted by Dave @ 11:24 PM
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5 Comments:
David--So good to see your post about Japan! It's too bad you weren't able to spend more time there, though I'm glad that your visa was processed so quickly!
DAVID!!!! A post!! Great pictures. I'm glad that you got your visa stuff figured out. But "Freezing" in jeonju?? When I took Darren to his appointment on Thursday, it was minus 18 degrees with a windchill of minus 28. THAT's freezing!!
M
okay, okay, freezing relatively speaking :)
Hey Dave! Good to see life on the blog! "Guns, Germs, and Steel" seems like an odd book to be reading, though (I had to read it for a history class -- I enjoyed it, but my prof spent a lot of time ripping on some of his fallacies...), did someone recommend it or did you pick it up in an airport somewhere?
Anyways, glad to hear bureaucracy is going well!
Actually a bunch of my buddies had read Guns, Germs and Steel and had recommended it to me. I was always wondering why Europe expanded and colonized as it did, instead of the other way around. He does make some good points in his book that I'd never considered before.
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