Kraut_in_HongKong

Originally Posted By: soubriquet According to the Green Fascists, It all belongs to them. I think some sort of environmental protection is useful. It improves our own living condition, and those of future generations. Of course you may argue: "What have future generation ever done for us?" But I don't see it that way.

pity, two weeks too early for me..... Please post some pix after it's done!

debski, you should select stuff that is lite in weight. For example, thongs weight almost nothing. really check your check-in luggage weight before you leave home and remember my hand luggage hint.

Originally Posted By: debski Now have to cull my clothes to make sure I stay under 20kg - are they REALLY that strict? You talk about luggage allowance? Well, with ever decreasing ticket cost many airlines discovered that charging for extra weight is a nice income. You pay usually 1% of the IATA first class o/w ticket price per Kg - that's usually US$30-50/Kg I little over is usually OK, try to stay below 25Kg and look cute when you check in. Hand luggage does often not get weight checked. So put heavy stuff in your hand luggage. You are usually allowed to have an extra 10Kg hand

Originally Posted By: Ocean11 Actually, it was a massage. But I was urged to do it harder and harder and harder until ....... I hope it had a happy ending....

Originally Posted By: Fattwins The driver took you to the cleaners. The stated rate is about 2500 from sakka to goryu I forgot how much it was. I have a good 2D sense and I am pretty sure the driver did not took the "romantic route". I take often taxis in China and always take attention. But it was evening and we called a taxi and the taxi also had to wait for a while. I think that contributed too.

If you have ski bring them. Even if you bring them, you can still rent other ski if you feel like it. Quote: Honestly 70cm waist is like very wide. That's 27", near perfect.

Originally Posted By: snowdude What you need is an epoxy resin that actually melts the material that it touches Are you sure that exists? To my knowledge cured epoxy resin is stable and very hard to de-solve. I don't say it's not possible but you may need a primer if you really want to chemically bind it together. I wouldn't bother too much and just inject some liquid epoxy with a syringe deep in the cracks. If you can't find liquid then use those fine car repair putty. It's like margarine, so you may need a wider syringe needle. Epoxy is always 2 components, so you need to mix it wit

Originally Posted By: Creek Boy no, my helmet has a "smile if your horny" and "it is customary to pay for rides with oral $ex" Interesting, does it work on the monkeys?

Can you post some pictures? I have some glass epoxy experience with my Hobie Cat, but not really with ski or boards. I believe a board is some sort of compound material that contains lots of epoxy as binder and glass or polyester fabric for strength. Maybe some wood lamination too. Due to the heavy epoxy part it should not draw any water. If you fix the crack with epoxy there is a chance that it will not bind with the old material and still crack open due to the stress when riding. But I think it's worth a try if you can find no professional repair. Maybe a ski rental shop can give y

According to Google you can get cash from ATM with Maestro logo, that's mainly post office ATM. Has anyone tried Maestro cards in Hakuba successfully?

You should really contact some rentals (probably through your targeted hotel) and check if they have what you need. They may have 1 pair, if that is out your bro watches the action from the sidelines. I would start right now and check if you can rent stuff in Tokyo. With my 30.5 I am careful too and book boots in advance.

I just had a look at the Hakuba 47 page. If you go to English and "Rental" the mention "Burton", since Burton has no ski they may have boards to let.

I have one good English PDF map of all sort of places, pm me if wanted. I'll stay in Sidehill in Echoland. On the map it looks like that it has equal walking distance to Happo Nakiyama lift and the most eastern 47 lift. (Edited: that looks quite wrong on the map: it's 15 Minutes walking distance to Happo and 45 Minutes Walking distance to 47) As long as you stay in Echoland you should not worry too much as there are shuttle buses to either lifts. So I would say any Echoland place should be fine and will have some bar access. Tracks Bar is really nice too, maybe a little remote i

Restaurants Without naming one in particular. Most of the meals I had in Japan were excellent. Small pension places in Nozawa and Hakuba were offering high class cuisine with excellent quality. The low price "Italian Tomato" chain restaurant in Akihabara had superb al dente spaghettis. Watami is a cool beer place with good snacks too. I am looking forward for more eats. sunrise I like Lotus too, but isn't that Britsh?

Originally Posted By: Canadian Copie I am looking at Nozawa Onsen and Hakuba right now. I did ski in both. Both are nice. Nozawa is also quite large (I like to mention that since everybody talks about Hakuba here). Hakuba has more reachable resorts, whereas Nozawa just has Nozawa. I Nozawa I stayed here: Haus St. Anton http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/viewhotel.php?hotid=4 They speak English and the food was excellent. It's about 10 Minutes walk (in ski boots) to the nearest lift. You don't stay over the weekend, so it should be easy to find a place. For English speaking in

Originally Posted By: OkemoLoon Reminds me of the movie "Supersize Me" A perfectly healthy guy eats nothing but MacDonalds for like 2 months and when he goes back to the doctor they tell him he should stop because his life is in danger. I saw it too. But that didn't come from the beef, it's the high fat content of the fried food, specially the chips. And of course the sugar sodas were a US "small" cup could usually feed a family of 5. You will be even worse if you eat fried noodles or rice for a month only, they have an even higher fat contend. PS: I eat once in a while a burger a

Do people bargain prices in Japan? I thought it's uncommon in Japan. That K2 Apache Outlaw sells on eBay USA for about $700, seems the JP price is even better then the US price. Interesting.... PS: does HK has ski shops?

How about Kakaku? Kakaku has a section for sport stuff. Go to Kakaku and click on the golf icon. From there you get to snow board and ski. Seems that the ski are made for Japan only. When I google any of those ski names，such as Atomic Izor Fuzz I get only returns from Japan (including a good range of shops). PS: K2 Apache Outlaw + Marker M1 Piston is on Kakaku for 67,500

Take special care because you have a FOREIGN credit card. Here my personal experience from early 2006 with my Hong Kong VISA card: Lift tickets at Nosawa and Hakuba? - accepted Meals out? - usually accepted Shuttle at Hakuba? - you mean the bus from Nagano? I think cash only. Ski lessons? - depends where. Some will, some won't. I used card with one, no problem. Train back to Tokyo? - JR was THE ONLY place that did not accept my VISA card Taxi in Tokyo? - no idea Also: some hotels may not accept, or charge extra for cards. Take care of that! Spicy Ski Rental in Hakuba acce

Originally Posted By: Indo I get halal lamb here and it tastes good.. That's all I think! And when you get the right part you can still see the smile on the lambs face. But on a serious note, I have the "Halal" issue sometimes coming up with visitors from Turkey or other Muslim places. It's usually no problem, in Hong Kong we have lots of Pakistani places and a few Chinese Halal places too. Real Indonesian or Malay places should be Halal too (if they are not Chinese run). In China Xinjiang places (that's ethnic western Chinese cuisine) are always Halal. But in fact, they can go to

>What do you think? Halal just means "allowed". In terms of slaughter I think you refer to "dabiha" (or so). I can't really see animals lining up with happy faces to get slaughtered that way either. The normal slaughterhouse way is instant too (let's not go into the details). If you eat meat, either way is fine. I often eat in Muslim places in China. I guess you know what's 兰州拉面？ (yum yum!) And 羊肉串 are perfect with beer.... If you are really into humane "giving" up meat totally is the way to go.

Originally Posted By: SerreChe CNY + Japanese Uni students done w/ their exams = massive crowds. Happo will look like an ant mound as usual if that is any indication. Is the Februar 9th weekend any special day in Japan? That's the CNY weekend outside Japan, but I saw that some hotels also mentiond that weekend as "special price", special higher that is... I guess the crowds will be mainly Japanese and be gone by Monday, right?

I wonder, what is the taxi cost? I once took a taxi from Hakuba Saka area to Goryu area (Trax Bar), maybe 20 Minutes and that was near 10,000 with a "normal" taxi. I guess you have some special shuttle service. Is it? PS: is that rail pass a good deal if you just go Tokyo-Nagano and return? Last time I checked rail passes it was not really worthwhile for a short stay visitor.

oh, when I said "If you miss 8:20 the next is at 9:10" I meant of course 8:20 and 9:10 in the morning and not 20:20 or 21:10. But talking about the evening, the last 3 bus departures are: 18:45 20:30 21:00 Let's calculate, landing 17:10, in the train from Narita 18:00, in Tokyo (station) 19:00 (that's optimistic), take the 19:04 Shinkansen (platform 21) and be in Nagano at 20:42 - really not realistic. The last shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagano leaves at 22:04 Hyperdia is very good for checking train schedules and has English too.