Many Things Happening/ Trip Plan

Well, I haven't updated this thing for a long while.  There are many reasons for this.

I've been slowly planning for my 5 week trip around East Asia.  South Korea and North Korea just had an exchange of artillery fire.  I'm not sure if this will make me change my plans or not.  Probably not, but it's too early to tell.

Because I worked an extra day last month, we get two 3 day weekends in December!  Nice trade off!  For Christmas, I'm going to a hot spring with some of the Chinese staff.  For New Years, I'm going to visit the Terracotta Warriors of Xi'an with some Canadian colleagues. Hen hao!!!



 I think I temporarily got sick last weekend.  I haven't exercised recently because I've been busy at work.  And I missed the school bus to go to free Kung Fu lessons.

Here's my preliminary trip plan:

January 15 - Bus from Wuhan to Jingzhou (ancient capital of the Kingdom of Chu, a powerful state during the Warring States Period).

Jan 16-21 Jingzhou

Jan 22 Wuhan to Seoul, South Korea

Jan 22-27 Seoul

Jan 27 - Feb 1 Travel through South Korea to Busan

Feb 1-3 Busan

Feb 3 - Busan, SK to Fukuoka, Japan (via hydrofoil)

Feb 5- To Osaka

Feb 5-8 Osaka

Feb 7 Day trip to Nara

Feb 8-9 Kyoto

Feb 10-14 Tokyo

Feb 14-16 Sendai

Feb 17 Sendai to Tokyo

Feb 18 Tokyo to Wuhan