Konichawa bitches



Landed into tokyo, a couple of days ago. Ive been wanting
to go to tokyo/Japan for a long time now. Mainly for the
food , gadgets and ridiculous tv shows !

Go to the toilet in the airport, its already light years
ahead of us. There is a usb plug in the side of the wall
in case you need to charge something ?? the toilets in
the hotel room, the seat is heated, there is a side
electronic panel for bidday washing. Compared to india
where they are still on squat toilets, this is mind
boggling. They used to measure periods in history by the
metals they were using, eg. bronze age etc. but really
they should be using toilets, india are in the squat period
and japan are in the usb period. So by 2500 India should catch up.

Japanese toilet interface


People said japan was expensive, but when i was told a taxi
from the airport would cost $200 I understood wat the fuss
was about. Ended up taking a train and a taxi, in all fairness
the airport is at least 90mins away from tokyo proper.

Went into a late night underground yakitori bar, I was the only
foreigner there, a gaijin. Apparently the japanese classify ppl
as japanese and and gaijins. Sitting there eating some tasty
japanese rice, dumplings and drinking some local beer, I could
observe the japanese in their own environment. Despite it being
11pm it was clear that a lot of people had just knocked of work
judging by their suitsy attire. Everyone was uber polite, the
only glitch was asking for the "bill" which he misunderstood
as biru / beer and i ended up drinking another pint. "check"
was the better option. Wondered back to the hotel in roppongi,
which is a pretty happening part of town.

Travelng panda

So ala amelie with the gnome i decided to do a series
of photos with my stuffed panda in front of various places..

Vegas update

So i spent the last week in vegas not doing a great
deal. Played some online poker tournaments, highlight
was winning the $200R, especially sweet coz all
the tournaments that day went badly, and the $200R
was the last of the batch.

Was staying at a friend place outside of the strip !
It many weeks staying in vegas I had barely left
the strip. Discovered some good restaurants, Japanese
one, the Yardhouse a place which serves the most beers
on tap in the world!



some shisha



Went out into the strip a few times, including the spearmint
rhino, the strip club franchise that has made it to melbourne.
Quality of girls pretty to very good, quality of dancing poor,
and somehow they knew i only had $4 in my wallet coz they
didnt seem to bother me, or they didnt think i was "desperate".
American strip clubs they give the lap dances in front of you and
they keep their bottoms on, alcohol cant be served at a place
else your required to keep your pants on !

Other good restaurants - jasmine at bellagio(peking duck
was specatular), hyakumi at ceasars

Also went and saw the lions at mgm, which is prolly one of the
best things in vegas, especially when they are active,
also there are people in the enclosure just playing with the
lions, and the guys sits there just texting on his phone while
a male lion just sits 1m away playing !

Whilst wondering around mgm, we saw david copperfield was performing
his last show that night, so went to that. I always
thought he was amazing when i was kid growing up, and it was
really entertaning, funny, good tricks, plus we had quite
a few beers before hand. He pulled a car out of nowhere, tho
its all mirrors i guess ??

Sitting at the airport now, playing some NL cash, off to tokyo
soon!