Hey! I am in Singapore now. It is thirty three degrees but there is also a lot of rain at lunchtimes. It catches you on the hop. The clouds must go 'Look at Sam, walking along the road, basking in the heat without an umbrella AGAIN. Let's rain on her!' I am never going to moan about the rain in the Uk again! It is very different to Japan here. I know I always say it but it is absolutely gorgeous but in a totally different way. Everything is tidier a...

Hey! Just waiting to board the plane to singapore so thought i would take five, to tell you a little a bit about Japan!After tokyo came nikko. when i got there, i thought `oh no`, it really was in the middle of nowhere. the nearest international phone was half a hour away and there were just a couple of village and antique shops-a smaller illminster- but not a lot else there apart from the shrines. However, it was all ok as i set little tasks for each day. o...

hi all. this is a really quick entry-hopefully the internet access in singapore will be better- but just to let you know that i am fine and thank you for all your messages. just went to my e-mail box and can not believe how many i had! i will reply soon, promise! sam xxxxxxxxxx ps am in kobe not tokyo

Just a quick one. I went out with my camera this morning to take pictures of places that I had missed earlier in my trip. Well, let me let you in on a little secret. If you are ever bored in tokyo, pop along to the Asakusa Temple and something will soon happen! You may remember last time I went I met Mieko and ended up with the english lesson. Well I can't remember if I told you or not but I also got waylaid by an old man-about dad's age. I was there w...

Hey! I hope you all got a couple of my photos ok yesterday. Spent ages trying to post them here but got a little stuck! If anybody did not get any, there are a few floating around. Went to the Imperial Palace yesterday,one of my photos. The palace is really pretty but you can only get so close because there are woods and a moat protecting the emperor. It was funny because there were policemen rambling around in the reeds of the moat. Just protecting the emperor...