i arrived here in osaka at 7.00 a.m. japan time... an hour ahead of gmt+8 and was rested enough to check into my hotel and start my two weeks of tour... the train which was a direct express from kansai international airport in osaka took me to this station called shin-imamiya... incidentally, i exchanged my JR pass and should expire in 2 weeks time...
i got the wrong instruction from the train staff at shin-imamiya station and walked away from my hotel... after around 30 minutes of aimless walking, i finally found the hotel and checked in... a quick bath and my friends and i headed to kyoto..
for those who has not been to japan, osaka's train system is quite a challenge, particularly for someone who is new to the place... the JR pass is a saver in most case because it lets you travel free on the JR rails... so that is the fun thing...
anyway, i'll put up the photos from day 1 but i can't now because my pc cannot read the sd card with my old card reader... i'll source one later tomorrow when i go explore osaka...
in the meantime, the hotel that i am staying has really fast internet... i managed to talk to my mom via skype and it was a nice chat... it was fantastic because i don't want them to worry about me and still want to keep them abreast of where i am, so skype is letting me do that... they can see me so i think they are at some point relieved that i am ok here... afterall, japan is a bit different that the previous places that i travelled to...
the shinkansen is fantastic... i'll talk more about that later... in the meantime... enjoy this post... till tomorrow...
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