Mark and Tanya's vacation blahg: 2005-05-01

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Boys on Boy's Day

Mark @ Mark City Day

Tokyo Tower at Night

One-handed game controller

Leaving Hawaii

[Mark] Well, due to connection issues, this is not the most update blog. But that's okay. There is still plenty to say about the trip and plenty of pictures to post. We will just have more time to organize our thoughts now.

Earth Tower

At the government building

Amino Value

Skeleton of the earliest known human

Nagoya Castle

Japan Government Buildings are twins.

Robot Red, Robot Blue

Babysitting Robots

Sunday, May 01, 2005

Small snag in blog

[Mark] As those of you keeping track may have noticed, there is a bit of a lag between entries in Hawaii and entries in Japan. And by “a bit” I mean about three days. I did not expect to get a signal with my T-Mobile wireless card. However, when I researched the hotels, it looked like the first hotel did have access. Turns out the Chisun hotel in Nagoya is not the only one. I did not know we were at Chisun Sakae and this one did not have access.

The second hotel, Le Meridien Pacific Tokyo, is much nicer and newer. However, high-speed Internet is limited to the business center, and perhaps the pricier rooms. Thus, the postings will continue to be sporadic, but at least I will have them posted before the trip is over.

And no worries about missing any posts. I have been saving journal entries to the hard drive, so you'll find them all here – all at once. And there are plenty of pictures. Blog times and dates are inaccurate and I don't feel like updating them, but everything is in order and a few are dated. Enjoy.

Handwritten Notes

Handwritten Notes. will organize later
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Us at Nagoya Castle

View from Nagoya Castle

Filming deer in the moat

Deer in moat around Nagoya Castle

Dark Continent

[Mark] The Africa exhibits are very interesting. They seem very interested in strutting their stuff, probably because they don't have that much to show off. The most unique item on display was the skeleton of Lucy, the oldest known and recovered human ancestor skeleton. I knew it was very fragmented but I was expecting more for some reason.

See Rick Fly

Go Rick Go!

Go!

Ready to Fly?

Jar Jar's Evil Twin

Cuban Cigars

For Zach

US Concept Car

Standing in line

Real Robots!

USA Exhibit - Prepare for Propaganda

Messages & photos from our vacations.

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