Clean Water
In Bangladesh, I don't drink the tap water. We call that diarrhea water for obvious reasons: it can give you diarrhea. We buy huge jugs of water instead. Water pollution is a huge problem in Dhaka, and the rivers and lakes always look and smell disgusting.
However, here in the mountains of Japan somewhere near Wachi somewhere near Kyoto (I'm not entirely sure where I am), there is lovely, clean, fresh, pleasant water to drink straight from the tap. It comes from a nearby spring and it is so delicious that I am blogging about it.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Japan for Christmas!
On Thursday when school ended, I got on a plane and ended up (after 24 hours of travel) at the Motois house in Japan! I flew Dhaka-Bangkok-Taipei-Osaka since there are no good flights to Japan from Bangladesh. Then I took the train straight from Osaka airport, and Uncle Moto and Maya met me at the station. They drove me a long way up some little Japanese mountain roads and I ended up at their house!
My first day in Japan was a lovely nap. I'm not joking; I slept 14 hours my first night here. The previous week, I hadn't slept for more than 3 hours each night, so I was pretty exhausted. It was also the shortest day of the year, so I only had time to stick my head out the door and see my surroundings before it was dark again. (It's pretty easy to stick your head out a door here - all doors are walls, and all walls are doors.)
Today, Maya and I went into Kyoto to look at some temples and shrines. They were all very beautiful and picturesque, just like those classic Japanese temple photos you can find on the internet. But the bonus was that these were in real life!
The Motois have also been treating me to delicious Japanese cuisine and hot baths - I think I might stick around here a little longer!
Merry Christmas to all!
On Thursday when school ended, I got on a plane and ended up (after 24 hours of travel) at the Motois house in Japan! I flew Dhaka-Bangkok-Taipei-Osaka since there are no good flights to Japan from Bangladesh. Then I took the train straight from Osaka airport, and Uncle Moto and Maya met me at the station. They drove me a long way up some little Japanese mountain roads and I ended up at their house!
My first day in Japan was a lovely nap. I'm not joking; I slept 14 hours my first night here. The previous week, I hadn't slept for more than 3 hours each night, so I was pretty exhausted. It was also the shortest day of the year, so I only had time to stick my head out the door and see my surroundings before it was dark again. (It's pretty easy to stick your head out a door here - all doors are walls, and all walls are doors.)
Today, Maya and I went into Kyoto to look at some temples and shrines. They were all very beautiful and picturesque, just like those classic Japanese temple photos you can find on the internet. But the bonus was that these were in real life!
The Motois have also been treating me to delicious Japanese cuisine and hot baths - I think I might stick around here a little longer!
Merry Christmas to all!
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