Yokohama, Japan

Night time in Yokohama.

I made it to Yokohama, Japan after a very long and tiring 12 hours of constant travel, and less than 4 hours of sleep. It took 1 6.5 hour plane ride, then a 1 hour train, then a 40 minute train, then trying to figure out where the heck is the Exit to the train station. Yeah, you would think it would be easy to find, but it was all in Japanese. Luckily I found a couple of, who I think were, Japanese High School kids and asked them if they spoke English, and they used their finger and thumb to show a little. But they were great and even showed me right to my hotel. I was so tired I plopped down on the bed and took a nap almost instantly, then decided to go out and take in the evening.

Even though I was so exhausted, I had to at least walk around the block. I had not eaten in hours, so I found a soup place but could not even finish it, as my stomach was just not in for food, I guess, but I feel better now, but still physically worn out. I did not leave my hotel until 3:30 PM.

The Yokohama Bay Sheraton is by far the nicest place I have stayed on my entire trip. Marble bathrooms, room service, a consistantly hot shower, TV, and a stocked mini-fridge, plus conceirge service. I love it. It is costing me $122 a night, which is about $40 more than I have paid for any place to stay on this trip, but I am loving the comfort and I can afford it at this stage, so I will stay another 2 nights. Heh heh.

Outside my window at the Sheraton

I have been getting really homesick lately, as traveling in countries where English is not the first language makes it tough to get around. But I know that I only have less than 3 weeks left on this, almost, 6 month journey and I am in one of the countries that I have always wanted to visit and now is my chance. So I will do some site seeing around Yokohama, then move on. I have an internet friend who is willing to put me up for a couple of nights in Kobe. I look forward to that.