The last e-mail for a long time!

Japan!

Sadly, Japan marks the end of the Asian Explosion Tour. I can't
believe that I spent the past month in Asia with only a few days of
school. Teachers gave up during those days and we pretty much just
watched movies and talked about where we had been or where we were
going. Everyone is in the same boat (haha, pun intended), always tired
yet excited for the next port and not willing to think about school
work.

What a delightful country Japan is, I never expected to enjoy it so
much. One of my "favorites" I think! The people are the kindest and
most willing to be of service that we have encountered throughout the
world. Though few of them speak English, they are willing to
personally walk you three blocks to make sure you arrive at your
destination, or will make phone calls arranging hotels and
transportation for you with a proud smile on their face.

We bought the Japan railpass, which allowed us to take the bullet
train to any part of the country. Bullet trains are exhilaratingly
fast and allow you to city hop back and forth in no time at all. We
started out in Hiroshima, which was very enlightening. Forgive my lack
of literary embellishment but, all I can say is I hope no country,
especially the USA, is ever that stupid again. While there we saw a
baseball game. The Japanese LOVE baseball and the games rival the
intensity of Brazilian football games. So it was my second big
sporting event on this trip and I enjoyed it a lot.

Over the next two days we went to Mt. Fuji, Tokyo and explored the
port city of Kobe…

For the rest of my e-mail I decided to spice it up a bit. Since I'm
sure your all getting bored of me divulging my adventures, lets see if
you know me well enough by now to pick out what happened. Take a stab
at the questions below and (if you want) e-mail me your answers. I'll
attach the answers to my next e-mail/blog.

In Tokyo Sarah…
A. Became a movie star on giant HDTV's at the Sony building
B. Decided to use a "Safety-self Piercer" to pierce her eyebrow in
Harijuku, the trendiest section of Tokyo.
C. Joined a Sumo wrestling team because she has gotten so fat from the
delicious Asian food she has been eating for the past month.
D. Decided that Anime is the coolest thing ever and bought clothes so
she could dress like her favorite character

After arriving at the base of MT. Fuji, Sarah spent the day…
A. Taking a public bath at a luxurious hot spring
B. Screaming not because its fun, but because she was scared for her
life on two world record breaking roller coasters
C. Not being able to hike the mountain, but getting another stamp in
her passport
D. All of the above
E. Create your own answer

On the last day in Japan…
A. Sara lost her voice singing Karaoke at ten in the morning while
devouring ice-cream sundaes made with cereal.
B. Sara was almost one of four people left behind as the ship pulled
away because she left her passport on the bullet train
C. Sara took over one hundred photos of a man shaving his beard
D. Create your own Answer
E. Both A and C, but not B because we all know that Sara never looses anything…

Love you All!
Sara