I’ve been away from home for about 7 months. I’ve been in New Zealand for about 5 months now and although i love this country it’s time for me to start heading home. In the last month i have travelled all around New Zealand and with the winter arriving here and the summer in full swing back in the UK it’s time to start heading back. I have did my best to run my websites whilst travelling but there really is only so much you can do – if i never use an internet cafe the rest of my life it will be too soon!!

This was not an easy decision for me as after New Zealand we were planning on going to South America. However, that is merely being put on the backburner until the start of next year and going home allows me to save more money, work more on my websites and organise everything much easier.

All is not lost though. The minute i decided to go home there was only one place that i knew i wanted to stop on the way back – Japan! I’ve been to 8 countries in Asia so far. My original plan was to do a trip of China, South Korea and Japan around the time of the Beijing Olympics but i don’t have the time to do that just now so Japan was the place i knew i was going.

I can’t put into words how im feeling about this. A part of me is concerned about how unorganised i am but a big part of me is excited about the fact i am unorganised and haven’t planned anything out. I bought the Japan Lonely Planet Book yesterday and i reckon i will be staying around the Ginza area in Tokyo when i arrive and i’ll probably head to Kyoto a few days later however that’s about all i’ve got so far haha. I’ve got 5 days to get everything arranged before i go so i should be ok. Plus i’ve got nearly two weeks in Japan so i can organise things there

As i said, im extremely excited about all this. I’ve wanted to go to Japan ever since i can remember. Growing up i hated kiddies films like Mary Poppins and ET and all kind of stuff but i was really into Martial Arts films all the time (plus my best friend is a huge anima fan) – i use to hire out Jackie Chan and GodZilla films (GodZuki got Big G into a lot of trouble!) and i’ve been importing video games from Japan since i was in my teens. Plus im a tech nut so i’m gonna be in geek heaven!

In the last 4 years of travelling i’ve met a lot of cool people from Japan who have spoke about their homeland – now i wish i made the effort to stay in touch with them! When i was kickboxing training in Auckland a few months ago my training partner most nights was Gujee, a Japanese lad who was on a working holiday visa just like me. Again, i forgot to get his email address as i thought i would be back in Auckland in a few months!

Anyways, in the next few days i will be writing posts to cover the next few weeks. I’ll probably give you all an update once im travelling but until i get home the number of posts will remain around one a day. On the plus side, when i do get home i will be able to start posting more and helping visitors with problems and questions

Sayonara!

Kevin