Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Adventure Begins ...

Today marks the commencement of a very large travel schedule for the Marathon Man ahead over the next few months. Starting out in Sydney at 6.30am and then to Brisbane and Cairns prior to staying overnight in Tokyo, Japan.

The Marathon Man thought it was appropriate to make a special appearance in Tokyo. Little did he realise just how cold it would be in the centre of Tokyo would be overnight with temperatures hovering around zero! This would prove to be a good introduction to the cold weather to come in London and ensure future plans were put in place to keep warm on the cold nights ahead in the Sahara.

The Shinjuku district of tokyo was extremely interesting with the locals fascinated by the Marathon Man! There were some fun times in making my way across the city by train with few people able to speak English to provide assistance. Those that could speak English were extremely helpful with one gentlemen even escorting me to my luggage and then to the checkin counter for my flight on to Paris the next morning. Although only spending a short few hours overnight in Tokyo this really was a night to remember. Freezing cold though fun!

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