Monday, August 01, 2005


Day 9 Monday our last day and back to work, breakfast fish at the train station. We but tickets to the bullet train to a town 60 miles outside of Tokyo for a meeting. The bullet train is an amazing thing double decker and the smoothest ride i have ever been on the trip tooks us about an hour. I explored the train with Hugh watching out the window as Tokyo raced by a population of 20 million I think we went north but i am not sure I really wish I had a map. I passed out for must of the trip to be awoken at the station, out the train down tot he cabs and off to the meeting a 30 min ride into the country. Yet another powerpoint in japanese and a tour of the complex lunch and another meeting meeting in the afternoon. My head was inches from the table I am just exhuasted my brian can take any more I can't wait to get home and sleep, drink another three cans of Boss coffee.

The Japanese hosts takes us to a dumpling house, the food is great and sake and beer are heavily poured. We are all happy as we walk back to the station and back on the bullit train to Tokyo. We all meet for our finial drink in the celler bar and off to bed. Looking forwar to the 14 hour flight i hope i can by some stuff in the airport a bit shy of the gifts i need to bring back.