Ok, well, I know that I said I probably wouldn't do a blog until Hawaii, but one of my friends on the ship here had an excess of internet minutes and was kind enough to let me use some. So this blog comes to you courtesy of K-Lee Bowman. I just wanted to let you in on what has been up since we left Japan. It has been a long stretch at sea. I have been working my butt off on papers, I actually still have two more to do tonight (they are short, thank goodness) and ...

Well, today was interesting because once we left Kyoto, I was just planning on going to the Osaka aquarium and heading back to the ship. but then i saw a brochure for Universal Studios, Japan at the tourist counter, and decided to go there. Just me and K-lee went but it was so much fun!! I included a bunch of pictures for you. They had the Spiderman ride, a killer rollar coaster, just a bunch of cool stuff. We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe and just had a blast. Then ...

Ok, so I spent this day in Kyoto. It was pretty fun. Me, K-Lee, Ellie, Ally and Hayley all stayed in a Riokan (I probly just butchered that spelling) and just hung around town. I ate lunch at a Fabulous Indian restaurant. (ah, how i miss the Indian food) and did some shopping. I took a bunch of pics, but i just included one of all of us in our room. It was pretty low key. The next day we woke up early and hit up Osaka, and I had a blast there. Check out the next ...

I arrived in Japan safely yesterday. It is very nice here. Very clean. And not that I did not enjoy them in the other Asian countries, but it is refreshing to get away from the squatter toilets. lol. I am at this internet cafe not far from our port. Yesterday we just wandered around town, shopped a bit. (did not buy anything because it is super expensive here) went to a nice dinner. It is kinda hard for vegetarians here, but I have been getting by. Today we went ...