2009 Japan Group Trip

Thurs: got up lazy heads and went to science musuem that normas/simsons have been. lots of cool interative educaation toys. saw 3d movie about space in jap so no understanding. wore cool big 3d glasses :) wandered over to tokyo bay for dinner and views, very nice looking at rainbow bridge against tokyo skyline.

Fri: hit disneysea, so much nicer than disneyland, prob cause new old fashion. we had to wait 30min for one ride, all the rest were only 5min, 10min. why u ask? because it was pouring with rain :P i dont think it stopped once, would lighten off to a drive. nothing like being on a rollercoaster with raindrops the temp of ice pelting your face, fun! Thankfully our 500yen brollies & raincoats kept us mostly dry.

Sat: another rain/drizzle day. went to tokyo dome city for this cool looking rollercoaster that was mixed with a shopping centre. closed due to weather. bup bow. walked to akihabara for the boys to scope out old consoles came back with a r33 gtr toy car to add to collection.

Sun: 11hrs/3 train rides to Sapporo. Woke up after the first couple of hours to find 2 tipsy boys, after 11hrs 2 drunk boys and by time arrived and eating dinner 2 worse for wear boys. at dinner we kept on feeling like we were still moving on the train. it snowed all tonight, we were all excited and amazed.

Mon: all woke up after bad sleep. dry air has dried out our throats and we cant sleep well. plus double beds a little on small side. shaun & i got a humidifier and works wonders. I made the bed extended by adding our rooms chairs. all solved except i am sick. i spending the day sleeping. shaun walked around and experienced ice on sidewalks, he now has some straps he puts on his shoes that have spikes in them. justin & sooz go shopping and justin suceeds in getting his favourite shows. We have all decided that -3deg is freezing and that we need heat bubbles to walk around in.

Tues: the punishment that is skiing today :) our instructor shaun took us thru basics and we practiced with all the newbys. we decided to try the beggineers run. getting off the lift is scary but this one dropped you off in a straight line. the one in vic gave u 3mtrs before you had to turn. all good, NOT. in vic the begineers run was graduly at the start. this one went BAM down the hill u go. off my boots they went! i walked down to a softer slope and did my dogey slow ski from one side to the other until the next steep slope came along and than walked. repeated this about four time till got down the bottom never to go up again. shaun finished his second run shorty after i got down. Sooz & I swapped forr sledding, snowman building and snow angels, much safer. shaun & justin did 2 runs before coming back frozen. it had been snowing all day and visability got pretty bad at times only being able to see about 10min in front of u. temp got down to -7deg by the time we packed up. great value for this death deflying package, 5400yen each got us return bus ride (90min each way), ski hire & lift pass.


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