Thursday, December 18, 2003
Our Stay
Well, we are definitely doing the high road because of the ease using a travel agent afforded us. Fortunately, it's not going to break the bank.
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Well, we are definitely doing the high road because of the ease using a travel agent afforded us. Fortunately, it's not going to break the bank.
- Negombo: Olenka Beach Hotel
- Sigiriya: Hotel Eden Garden
- Colombo: somewhere in Mount Lavinia thanks to Nayomi
- Hikkaduwa: Chill Spot Surf Cafe thanks to Nayomi
- Bentota: Hotel Serendib
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Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Japan Neighborhoods
So we're staying in Shinjuku and folks say we should have fun in Harajuku and that the parties will be in Roppongi. I'm going to this source to learn about all the different neighborhoods.
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So we're staying in Shinjuku and folks say we should have fun in Harajuku and that the parties will be in Roppongi. I'm going to this source to learn about all the different neighborhoods.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Narita
There's not much time to explore Tokyo since the express train stops running at midnight and the last train back to Narita is at 8 p.m., but I found this resource of stuff to do in Narita. It's also got a couple pages of night life posted by some airline attendents!
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There's not much time to explore Tokyo since the express train stops running at midnight and the last train back to Narita is at 8 p.m., but I found this resource of stuff to do in Narita. It's also got a couple pages of night life posted by some airline attendents!
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Time
* Japan time
* Sri Lanka time
* San Francisco time
I think this means it's an 11(!) hour flight to Japan and a 7 hour flight to Sri Lanka! Guess I'll get some reading done...
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* Japan time
* Sri Lanka time
* San Francisco time
I think this means it's an 11(!) hour flight to Japan and a 7 hour flight to Sri Lanka! Guess I'll get some reading done...
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Weather
Look at the difference between say Colombo and Nuwara Eliya! It's as cold up that Hill Country as in Japan!
At least in Kandy it's a warm rain.
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Look at the difference between say Colombo and Nuwara Eliya! It's as cold up that Hill Country as in Japan!
At least in Kandy it's a warm rain.
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Monday, December 08, 2003
Typhoid
So when I went to the travel clinic, they convinced me to take oral typhoid. I think the benefits had something to do with it lasting longer (5 years).
But gosh dang! It's horrible. You eat a pill every other day on an empty stomach. I've been doing it in the middle of the night (like 3 a.m.). This morning, I woke with the WORST tummy ache due to gas in my stomach. I think I ate the pill too early (around midnight when dinner was at 7). I wish I took the shot so it was over with quicker instead of this dragged out 8 days of discomfort!
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So when I went to the travel clinic, they convinced me to take oral typhoid. I think the benefits had something to do with it lasting longer (5 years).
But gosh dang! It's horrible. You eat a pill every other day on an empty stomach. I've been doing it in the middle of the night (like 3 a.m.). This morning, I woke with the WORST tummy ache due to gas in my stomach. I think I ate the pill too early (around midnight when dinner was at 7). I wish I took the shot so it was over with quicker instead of this dragged out 8 days of discomfort!
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Packtowl
REI opened in San Francisco and I found things for the trip I didn't even KNOW I needed. Like this packtowel. It's thin but absorbant so I don't need to back a bulky beach towel!
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REI opened in San Francisco and I found things for the trip I didn't even KNOW I needed. Like this packtowel. It's thin but absorbant so I don't need to back a bulky beach towel!
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Drivers
OK, so I said I take on finding a driver for us. It's the way to travel in Sri Lanka. So far, this is my only resource. 3X as much as Nayomi said to pay, but it's all I'm finding.
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OK, so I said I take on finding a driver for us. It's the way to travel in Sri Lanka. So far, this is my only resource. 3X as much as Nayomi said to pay, but it's all I'm finding.
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Sunday, December 07, 2003
Travel Advice
"Postcards" of advice from the Lonely Planet site.
Advice of note:
There is also a forum where you can ask questions. Reading through it, I found advice about what's going on for New Year's, where to go in the Hill Country, one traveller's detailed experience, feedback on where to stay the first night and how to hire a driver, and more feedback on a Hill country trip, and someone's trip and driver info.
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"Postcards" of advice from the Lonely Planet site.
Advice of note:
- take an extra shirt for the long hikes (so you can change into something dry)
- take a plastic bag to put your camera in if you're going to a rain forest
- check out the Negombo fish market around 9 a.m.
- (something i caught in the LP book) on the way from Kandy to Newara Eliya, stop at Ramboda for both the Glenloch Tea Factory tour and the Ramboda falls!
- at least in '99, Negombo "is the insect capital of the world."
- and to avoid scams, click here.
There is also a forum where you can ask questions. Reading through it, I found advice about what's going on for New Year's, where to go in the Hill Country, one traveller's detailed experience, feedback on where to stay the first night and how to hire a driver, and more feedback on a Hill country trip, and someone's trip and driver info.
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