I updated the homepage in the morning with all the 80% compressed photographs. There has to be some advantage in purchasing a CD over looking on the web. I had an email from Reg and Brenda later, wondering what had happened to the internet quality! Actually, I think I should put the photos smaller on…

I did some work on the walk to the service area in the morning. I guessed the few minutes of work, at, let’s say, a very cheap rate of 1000 yen per hour, would easily cover any electricity expenses. There’s lots of work needed at Najio. I wasn’t really going anywhere today. I hitched to…

I did some work in the morning, but the hitching was slow. I guess I can’t talk to people when I’m working. I always have such a lot of work to catch up on, though. All the hundreds of photos have to be sorted out and compressed to the right sizes for the CDs and…

One of the guys had agreed to get up early and drive me into town. So, I was able to start work from about half-past seven. The Anayu hot-spring was empty! Well, not quite. It had been drained and cleaned earlier in the morning, and was about half-full. I took some more snaps. I think…

I’ll pick up the story from Koga. I think I slept out there for a while. I hitched to Kumamoto. The gentleman was going to Amakusa, but chose to turn off at the Kumamoto junction. From there, I walked through the outskirts of Kumamoto. I got a lift half way to Mt. Aso, and then…

I hitched from Hikone to Arima in two stages. It was a pleasant journey. The gentleman going from Otsu was heading for Sanda, and had some time to spare, so drove me all the way to the centre of Arima. I walked up to the public hot-spring baths and was SO surprised! There was just…

From the visitor’s book, I seem to have spent all day hitching. I met a Nike salesman who took me to Makinohara. My new Nike sandals seem to be doing very well. I haven’t had any problems with them, and the size 9 seems to be just right for me. The salesman told me that…

There are times when you just know you are at the right place at the right time. I was really glad I came here. It is a new shopping precinct, opened only three or four days before. I have the strange belief that “Life is meant to be” – all the waiting in service areas,…

I seem to have struggled with the hitchhiking today. I think I did some work at Sano. I eventually got a lift with a lady who was going into Tokyo. I decided to continue from Hasuda services. I usually have a cup of the free tea at the service areas. I keep the same paper…

Someone moved into the capsule below me at 6 or 6.30 or so. I wasn’t able to continue sleeping, so just got up and did some more computing. There’s no lack of work to be done. All the recent photos have to be sifted through to choose the ones I like for the albums. That’s…