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thanks guys, Akakura sounds nice. what is the actual riding like? i'm intermediate, enjoy the trees, but nothing too serious. Thanks
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Has it got a village sort of feel like nozawa or spread out like hakuba? Would 5 nights be enough time to explore?
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Hey guys, could anybody a cheap ryokan or equivalent in Myoko. Hopefully somewhere between 4-5,000 yen and in walking distance of the town and lifts. Cheers,
Steve
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rip rockbridge
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Thanks for all the tips guys! There is an Australian made souvenir store in town so I'll check that out. Tim Tams are definitely a must also!
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Thanks guys. I was thinking red wine might not be the best choice. I'll have to get someone else to wrap it cause i can't wrap presents for the life of me! Food was my first idea but whatever I get has to sit in storage for about 75 days whilst I travel! Cheers
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I'm so happy lost isn't on right now, last year it destroyed my exam study. I thought season 3 was awesome, it really geared up towards the end! Damn these massive American season breaks.
I agree bobby, heroes just doesn't have that suspense and mystery of lost.
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Hey guys, I need a bit of help choosing a gift for an elderly Japanese couple I got to know last year. I was thinking a bottle of something as they loved their sake, would a nice Australian red be suitable? Or maybe a spirit perhaps? Just trying to get an idea of the Japanese palate and what's viewed as special gift. Also, should i wrap the gift and expect them to open it with me? They were very traditional. Cheers!
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21, party last night, struggling...
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third time lucky, go feb 9th!
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Thanks ger, really helpful information! My few weeks has been reduced to maybe 12 days so I am definitely going to head into the countryside instead of the cities. I keep hearing the same about Lijiang being a bit of Disneyland so I'll give that a miss. Cheers!
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I know the place you're talking about, don't think it has a hotel attached. If the lifts have to close for the day you can use your lift ticket to enter the water park. I think they have a wave pool...
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Hey ger, I'm spending a few weeks only in Yunnan province at the end of this year. Any recommendations? I'd like to get into the north of the province but not as far as Sichuan.. exiting through Ruili into Burma. Any info appreciated. Cheers!
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wombat = women over mates, beer and television
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Japan has snow?...
Good laugh! And good to put faces to the names!
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Yep, and one can argue morality derives from nature rather than religion.
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Go Chen Kenichi! - 'The father of Sichuan cuisine in Japan'
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The only time I can see you needing a rental car is when you're in Hakuba and want to visit various resorts there or go into town.
Otherwise, it might not be worth it. Getting to Noz and Hakuba from Nagano on the bus is cheap and easy!
I might add that if you're in Hakuba and it's cold it really sucks if you don't have your own transport. This year was ok cause it was almost sun-tanning weather, but the year before was so cold I hardly left my lodge (too poor to afford taxis). So it is definitely a bonus with the hire car, even just getting to the shops!
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I just had a burger king whopper meal an hour ago.. it's the most up and down meal. Sometimes it's absolutely awesome, other times it makes a night out drinking turn into hours of feeling ill. Tonight it was ok!
50 stores! No way, that's massive!
Go Mos Burger! The name alone is cool.
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Here is the best sunset i've experieced. Coincidentally at Don Det like CB's
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Hey guys, I figured this topic would best fit in this forum.
I was wondering if anybody has been on the Shanghai to Osaka ferry? I'm probably going to do the 48 trip this season and want to know just rough the seas will be. Is Feb a time with lots of storms? I don't get sea sick but 48 hours is a long time...especially with 40 other people in the room.
Cheers!
Steven
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Originally Posted By: XilR8
Spook, I think that guy is there every day, as I had exactly the same experience. That was one of the free ones where you just walk straight in off the street, right? Hottest damn bath I have ever been in!
Haha that happened to me also! I liked the sulfuric taste. It scolded though. The actual onsen was so hot after 10 mins I couldn't close my fist and I started seeing starts. Got the hell out when that happened.
Some of those Noz onsens are HOT. I went to Nozawa the most tanned i've been in my life after 3 months in SEA, like black, and left a few skin-sheds later almost white again!
I was always a laughing stock cause my ass was fluoro white and the rest of my body was so dark. Good way to make conversation at least.
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Originally Posted By: ausi ski bumbut being on topic means picking on us poor aussies
Yeah, the more we get picked on the more Aussies read this thread and decide to go somewhere other than Niseko! Keep all the eggs in one basket if you ask me, as selfish as it sounds!
Cancelling travel plans
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The poor exchange rate will take a toll on tourist numbers this year, but I wouldn't be surprised if more foreigners are attracted to employment in Japan. Of course, you'd have to be saving the money to send home for this to be beneficial.
I've head over for the last five seasons, the most recent three times on backpacking routes. This year I just can't afford it, no matter how far I stretch the maths. I'm sure there will be others like myself on the budget end of the spectrum who can't afford that extra two thousand dollars
. Had an amazing past few years though, and the yen can't stop me from reliving my favorite runs in my daydreams.