The first trip to Osaka

On the day of 11th March 2.46pm a mega earthquake occured in Japan... That was a life changing experience for everyone. Some have died and some still alive... I'm safe in Tokyo but with the explosion of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants, lot's of things have changed. For example, i went to Osaka for almost 2 weeks as the air in Tokyo was polluted with a little bit of Iodine-131 & Cesium-137. That was actually my first individual trip in my life(i went alone)...

Talking about the trip, sometimes to go alone to a trip as a backpacker is not easy... There are lots of safety issues. For example, the first thing that we need to do is to decide and book the transportation and accommodation. Transportation was ok for me as i've booked my first Shinkansen (bullet train) trip in my life. Then came the accommodation. staying alone in a foreign country is a bit... horror =D. First, i need a cheap hotel as i dont have money. A lot of hotel booking websites available on the internet. I need to get the cheapest, but some cheapest hotels do come with free extra adventures(old building, ghost stories, weird feeling...etc). So that was the enjoyable part of booking hotel => cheapest, free of ghost stories, good hotel.... if choose the wrong one, who knows what will happen during night time (-_-)|||... as i was caring passport, laptop, iphone, credit card and etc.. couldn't afford to get stolen...

but the trip was fun, i've learned how to survive, how to choose the cheapest and best options. ohya, i called my boss during my osaka trip to say hello to him and he actually advised me not to stay in those hotels with unbelievable low prices, but i was already staying...

But it was really a good experience. Bringing a backpack, caring a credit card, an iphone and a laptop and a few set of clothes, we can actually go anywhere, with the lowest price! I'll do it again next year! maybe wanna go to Europe. Actually before that i need a tablet PC... my laptop is way too heavy (2.0kg with battery)... I'm planning to buy a Toshiba dynabook with my employee points system(with points i no need pay for my laptop). 1.26kg with 11 inches screen and 11 hours battery life... i need one.

Until recently i do not know why people are obsessed with credit card... but since the trip, i'm too, love my credit card as it came in handy when i was in troubles... it was like "a card in hand, i can go anywhere"...

so that was the trip... with another shinkansen train back to tokyo (300km/h).