Wednesday, August 29, 2007
So my friend and I decided to be adventurous and try to find some beach to go swimming at last night. Our starting point? Somewhere in the middle of Osaka. Our eventual ending point? A giant swimming pool complex at 6AM. Needless to say we found a lot of warehouse beachfront property with plenty of disgusting concrete jetties and rusting machinery to play on, but sadly a lack of pristine white sand beaches. We even contemplated swimming in the dubious water we did manage to find, but as Japan is notorious for terrible pollution we decided to stay disease free and opted out of the experience. However we did discover that you can go just about anywhere you want as we found no fences, guards, attack dogs or anything in our wanderings which shows just how trusting this country is. Anywhere in America that is closed at night is usually surrounded with barbed wire fence and lots of lights, etc. Just another difference.
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Chris, I lost your blog address, but am glad to be back. OK, shortly, just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they don't have security. But I'm glad you're smart enough to NOT swim in dirty water..college ed paying off ! Love, Aunt Mary
oh christopher...I worry about you. I'm glad you decided not to swim in gross water. Just remember....don't go near anything that Mary wouldn't go near (bugs, spiders, anything that crawls, pretty much anything that's gross). hehe. love you and i'll talk to you later. how's ayuko?
monica
If your goal is to turn my hair completely white by the time you return home, your last several entries are doing a fine job!! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!**!! DO NOT GO SWIMMING ANYWHERE THAT IS NOT MEANT FOR SWIMMING- do you want to become a "story from the office"? Honestly, Chris, be careful and think about how technologically advanced the Japanese are- they probably have cameras hidden in those broken down jetties just waiting for gaijins who think they are outsmarting the system. And they probably have scanned your brain while you sleep on the train and know that you are afraid of sharks and so have hidden sharks in those forbidden areas, just waiting for you to come along.
love you,
Mom
listen to mom on this one, chris. Also if you're going to listen to monica and stay away from any bugs you and i will be the only ones alive after everyone else has been biten by a deadly spider. hehe. love ya!
mary
Dear Chris - jump in - what you got to lose? It may be the hidden fountain of youth and beauty (both of which you need). So don't listen to the germo-phobes - belly flop.
Uncle P
that's how uncle p turned into what he is today...heehehehe!
love ya like always
mary
p.s. just kidding unlce paul!
How is it that I was with you for a whole week and we didnt manage to do any of this fruitless wandering. Forget the actual tour, we should have tried to get lost. oh and by the way i just found that kangaroo flag in my suitcase and it is now hanging on my college dorm room wall. Good times eh?
Well I'm glad to know your decision making skills are still at the top of your game. Hahaha but at least you had fun and didn't get some disease. Did you end up swimming in the swimming complex or did you just go home? I'm gonna try and get a mike so we can skype maybe i'll get one before sunday and we could talk on my b-day. Let me know! Miss ya chris
love,
greg
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