tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253374462024-08-30T08:59:54.619+09:00<b>Mission in Life:</b> <i>"To live deep. To suck all the marrow out of life. To put to rout all that is not life and not, when I come to die, discover that I have not lived."</i> (paraphrased from Thoreau)<br>.<br> I am attempting to backpack around the world and eventually return to Japan. This is where I will record my progress whenever possible.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124029444793408811noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25337446.post-14169922966481809342007-12-25T12:25:00.000+09:002007-12-25T12:39:27.549+09:00

Location: Bangkok, ThailandStatus: not bad / ちょっとホームシックCan't read Japanese? English is below.みんなさん、メリークリスマス！超久しぶりだよね。ごめんごめん、申し訳ないっすよ。この日記も短くてすみません。今時間がないから。でもみんなに「メリークリスマスとよい冬休みを！」と言いたくて…　俺はいまバンコックにいて4月まで仕事しているんだ。また英語の先生だけど数学の先生にもなったんだ。面白い経験だよ。とにかくニューズがたくさんあるけど今時間がないから今度の日記を楽しみにしててね。ドイツを出た後のすべてを書かなきゃ。できたら年末前に書くよ。できたら。ではでは！Merry Christmas, everyone. It's been a really long time since I've written

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Location: Berlin, GermanyStatus: Excellent"Ich bin ein berliner!" - John F. Kennedy英語を読みませんか？日本語は下の方へ。So, I am in Berlin and loving life. My flight from Fes to Frankfurt-Hahn on the 4th was uneventful, as was staying the night in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport so I could catch the 05h00 bus to Frankfurt Central on the 5th. There, I caught a bus at 07h30 to Berlin, and basically spent the rest of the day

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Location: Meknes, Morocco (for the last time)Status: excited to be leavingHappy Sputnik Day! 50 years since the first artificial satellite!英語がわかりませんか？ごめん。まだ日本語で書いてない。Well, I've been in Morocco for a year, so I guess it would be a good time to write my impressions of living here. To any of my Moroccan students or former co-workers who may be reading this, I apologize in advance if anything I say

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Location: Meknes, MoroccoStatus: excitedCan't read Japanese? Scroll down for English.久しぶり！全然書いてないね。とにかくもうすぐモロッコを出るんだ。9月末に今の契約が終わって、次はタイへ行くよ！超楽しみにしている。1年間モロッコにいて、もういいって感じだなぁ…　モロッコは悪くないけど、俺のタイプな国じゃない。なんか波長が合わないって気持ち。まぁとにかく今度のブログはモロッコについて沢山書くつもりだから楽しみにしててね。タイへ行くよ！予定は10月4日にドイツのフランクフルトへ行って数日を過ごして10日に飛行機に乗ってバンコク へ！それから…　まだ決めてない。もしかしてまた自転車で旅するかも…タイではどうかなぁ…　とにかくドイツとタイにいるカウチサーファーに連絡して泊まる場所を準備している。そしてここで

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Location: Meknes, MoroccoStatus: normalI've finally managed to get around to organising and uploading many of the photographs I have taken since this journey began last may. I have uploaded them all to my Picasa Web Album, and the albums are linked below. There are a lot of pictures, so feel free to take your time. Enjoy. :) ハァー…やっと!この旅が始まったから撮った写真をやっとオーガナイズしてアップロードしました。お待たせ。GoogleのPicasaというソフトの

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Location: Meknes, MoroccoStatus: A bit homesick, but otherwise OKCan't read Japanese? Scroll down for English.さて、久しぶりだね！最近全然書いてないから今まで何してたか書こうと思った。仕事冬セッションは1月10日から3月18日までだった。良くない生徒やクラスが得になかったけど他よりいいのがあったね。まぁ、とにかく結構楽しくて難しくない仕事だね。でも冬セッションにはカウチサーフィン以外に面白い事があまりなかったんだ。暇はほとんど家で本を読んだりギターを弾いたり音楽を聴いたりiPodに入っているダウンロードした映画を見たり日記を書いたりしたんだ。あまり家を出たくないんだ。ちょっとひきこもりになった。でもな、それはそんなにダメな事じゃないと思うよ。お金をためているから家を出なくていい

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124029444793408811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25337446.post-41111526720563209022007-03-02T12:00:00.000+09:002007-03-02T20:12:06.168+09:00

Location: Meknes, MoroccoStatus: ちょっとホームシック…　日本に…Can't read Japanese? Sorry. This one is meant for my former students.最初は俺がみんなに謝らなきゃ…　今年の3月に卒業式のために一度日本に帰る約束したんだな。でもその約束を守れないんだ。仕事があって、お金もあまりなくて…まぁあるけどそのお金をためないとこの国を決して出られなくなっちゃうね。ごめんなさい。またいつかね。とにかく卒業式はもうすぐだよね。お疲れ様、みんな。よくがんばってきて嬉しいよ。これからもがんばってね。一つの言いたい事があるんだけど。これを信じても信じなくてもいい。俺はこう思っている: 高校の卒業はただの一歩だけだぜ。大きな一歩みたいけど実は本当に小さな一歩なんだ。人生の一番大事なステップがスケジュールされて

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Location: Meknes, MoroccoStatus: pretty good, trying not to be lazyCan't read Japanese? Scroll Down for English.お久しぶりです。ごめんなさい、モロッコに来てから全然書かなくて・・・　とにかくもう2007年になっちゃって書いたほうがいいね。いろんな事がたくさんあったから。去年の10月10日にモロッコに来た。11日にアパートを見つけて、仕事も始まった。それからはほとんど毎日仕事だった。休みがちょっとしかなかったんだ。でも週には24時間ぐらいだけ働いているからそんなに大変じゃないけど、休みなしの毎日は難しいね。でも今は冬休みだよ！ p(^_^)qとにかく・・・俺は今American Language Centerという英会話で働いている。生徒たちは面白くて結構がんばっているからこの

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Location: Alet les Bains, FranceStatus: rather excitedCan't read Japanese? Scroll down for English.ハァ、久しぶりに日本語で書いたね。とにかくでかいニューズが来たんだ。やっとこのAlet les Bainsという小さな町を出るんだ。最近仕事を探してて、やっと見つけた。だからこれからモロッコのメクネズという町へ行くんだ。そこでまた英会話の先生になるんだけど、それは来年の夏までなんだ。それまで仕事をして、お金をためて、また来年旅を続けるつもりなんだ。できたら、7000ユーロぐらいためたいと思うね。とにかく、これからはモロッコ・・・おいしい食べ物とか面白い建物とかきれいな自然とか優しい人など・・・楽しみにしている。P.S.来年の3月に俺の生徒の卒業式を見に行くために日本に戻る約束をしたね。できたら

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location: Alet les Bains, Francestatus: a little olderI haven't written in awhile, have I? I guess I'm pretty lazy about things like this. Again, this will be a long one, so get comfortable. Also, it may get a lottle (not a typo) sappy, so if you aren't into that, feel free to stop reading.I am still in Alet les Bains, where I have been doing HelpExchange volunteering for a little over a month

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Location: Alet les Bains, FranceStatus: pretty good, but hungover at the momentI've made it back to France and I am in some amazingly beautiful countryside on the Aude River. In my last post, I promised I would give my impressions of Spain. Also, I need to detail getting from Malgrat de Mar to here, so this will be a(nother) long one. Go get some coffee or something, and the time to visit the

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Location: Malgrat de Mar, SpainStatus: finally feeling restedWell, it has been a long time since I last posted. I am currently on my way out of Spain after nearly a month of traveling in this country. A lot has happened, so make yourself comfortable because this will be a long one. You may want to grab something to eat or drink. If you have to go to the bathroom, now is the time....Ok, ready?

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Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainStatus: Farking AWESOME, but with some tinnitusThis week in Vitoria is the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz[en], and last night Pedro and I went to an amazing show. Yesterday was the first day of the festival. It was "Noche Electrónica" and who should be playing but none other than Medeski, Martin, and Wood! Talk about being in this town at the right time! It

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Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainStatus: Alive and well.I haven't really had much Internet access or time to write, so I have some catching up to do. Since Bordeaux, I have been through Ychoux, the area from Bayonne to Irun, Pamplona, and now Vitoria-Gasteiz. I hope you are comfortable, because this will be a long one. A lot has happened.BordeauxI had a great time in Bordeaux and ended up staying

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I mentioned in my previous post that I would write in more detail about the work that Aude and Marie are doing in Angoulême, so here it is.Res'EAUAude and Marie work in separate parts of the 12 associations of districts and suburbs of Angoulême that make up the Réseau d'Expériences Artistiques Urbaines[fr] (Urban Artistic Experience Network). This network works to create and carry out cultural

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Location: Bordeaux, FranceStatus: Alive and well, arms are getting quite tan.It has been quite awhile since I have updated and quite a bit has happened. Since Paris, I have stayed in and/or passed through Orléans, Tours, Poitiers, and Angoulême. I am now in Bordeaux.I have a lot of catching up to do and have so little time to write, so you will have to deal with summaries.ParisI stayed in Paris

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Location: Paris, FranceStatus: Alive and well.I'll post a detailed update about what has been happening in life a little later, but for now, I thought I'd share some pictures I have taken. 後で最近の事を書くけど、とりあえず写真を見せたかったんだ。Rouen / ルアン Paris / パリ Enjoy. (^_^)v

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Location: Rouen, FranceStatus: alive and healthy with a sore buttWell, I did spend several hours in the Ferry Terminal, but I didn't get much writing done. Nothing particularly special happened while I was there. I spent a while talking to a man from New Zealand who was also traveling around Europe, though mostly by train. When the time came to take the bike up and get ready to board the ferry, I

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Location: Woolston, Southampton, EnglandStatus: Alive and HealthyI have been here since Thursday, and I catch a ferry this evening from Portsmouth to Le Havre, France. It is an overnight ferry, so tomorrow morning, I will be in France on my way to Rouen.I left off in Winchester. I wound up staying there at Ali's place until Thursday, when I cycled down here. It wasn't that far of a ride. Ali, and

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Location: Winchester, EnglandStatus: Slight cold, but alive and well and enjoying life.日本語は下の方を見てください。So, here I am, no longer in London. Quite a bit has happened, so I will try to pick up where I left off. I got my bike. It looks like junk, but it rides well enough. It is much better than the piece of junk I did my first bike trip (back in the US in the summer of '98) on, and it is a bit lighter

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Location: Kingston Upon Thames, London, EnglandStatus: alive and wellThe easier part of the beginning of my journey is just about over and the real journey is about to begin. I am about to go pick up my new bicycle which will hopefully take me all over Europe. However, let's bring things up to date first, shall we?I flew out of Narita on the morning of the 16th of May after a few complications at

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(can't read Japanese? Scroll down for English)よし！準備ができたし、チケットも買ったし、今日の午前10時にロンドン行の飛行機に乗るんだ。なんか、さみしいね。ほとんど5年間日本に住んでいて、今までは一回しか出てないんだ。その時は2002年の秋に三日間だけだった！今回はもちろんもっと長いね。すごく楽しみにしているけど、ちょっと怖かったり緊張したりしちゃうね。最高な旅ができるといいね。でも…I will miss Japan…だね。日本は本当に大好きで、ここで最高な友達ができたし、いい人にたくさん出会ったし、おいしい食べ物も食べたし、かっこういい音楽も聞けたし、美人もたくさん見れたし、最高な生徒にいろいろ教える事もできたし…まぁ、ほんとんど5年間って長いね。それはこういうブログでそんなに書けないね。まぁ、今も時間なくてさ…とにかく、これから旅に出る

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日本語は下の方に書いてあります。Well, it's official sports fans. In one week, I will be starting my journey. It will start in London on Tuesday, 16 May 2006. I bought my plane tickets today at Advance Travel (warning: link in Japanese) in Shibuya today. I fly out of Narita on the 16th at 10:00, arrive in Seoul at 12:25, fly out of Seoul at 13:45, and arrive at Heathrow at 17:20 (all times are local to those

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So, I have gathered together most of my gear and packed up my pack. It is a little heavier than I want it to be, but I'm not sure how much lighter I can make it.Gear List:2 short sleeved polyester shirts2 long sleeved polyester shirts2 pairs convertible pants3 pairs of quick-dry sports socks1 pair long underwear3 pairs underwear1 fleece1 Montane Featherlite smock1 pair lightweight gloves1

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英語がわかりませんか？下の方を見てください。I'm about to (try to) backpack around the world. I am currently in Japan, where I have been living for nearly 5 years, and I should be leaving within the next month or so. I still have a good amount of preparation and planning to do, at least about how I start my journey, but for now I am setting up this blog give everyone I know, and anyone else who is interested, a way to

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