Bahhh, Can you feel nostalgic if you haven't even left your "past?"

I wasted two days going through my old blog entries, reminding myself of the joys and pains of traveling alone. (Why do I need to go to my blog for that? I only have to look at my solo kayak-circumnavigation of HKSAR epic...)

I have to ask myself, what was I thinking? ? There is still so much to do!

Why is it that they say Japan is small, anyway? It's GIGANTIC. I am starting to think it's more or less impossible to circumnavigate it...

I have officially entered the panic-stage of a trip prep, but that's not a problem, I am quite used to it. I haven't worked out the logistics of it yet; I am flying to Tokyo, I am hoping to see Dr. Poulton in Kyoto in for May or June, I will also need to do a visa run in late May or early June. I also want to settle down in Hokkaido...

Now that I look at it this way, Japan really is huge.

Things I need to do in a hurry:
1) See if HSBC can help me setup an account in Japan.
2) Open an account with Citibank. Apparently you can readily use the ATM card there.

That's it for now. No blogger time for the wicked!