On my way to Hiroshima. I didn't know that there is so much to see in Japan. If I were to do it again, I would have spent a month here, (at least). The simplest things can be extreme challenges when traveling overseas by yourself. It feels like a completely new world when you cannot speak the same language as someone. This morning, I went into a small coffee shop to get breakfast and the waitress and I had a difficult time communicating because she could not spea...

Did you know? The Japanese read from right to left and from top to bottom. Their books are bound on the right side. Perhaps the whole world knew but me, bit I thought it was interesting. Traveling to Yakushima today on a high speed ferry. A man from Japan kept feeding me beer last night. They were good but the morning was rough. I missed the early ferry this morning so had to wait until noon. Walking to the port this morning, I got covered in ash from a nearby v...