My trip to Japan is a first for me. I will be travelling solo and I will be there for two months. What could go wrong? Don’t answer that!
I’ve been in the planning stage before, at least twice, having reserved plane tickets and hotels. Both times I chickened out. My concerns about language and food issues overrode my long held desire to visit Japan. But now that I’ve told everyone that I’m going, I can’t chicken out again. It’s going to happen. I swear it!
People have asked me why Japan is my dream destination. I mumble things about the gardens, the art, the architecture, the temples. However, as I think about it I find it a bit of a mystery. Why not Spain or the Galapagos, Greece or Egypt? Surely, for many, these are the places that beckon through desire. What they lack is my desire. Why not? I don’t know why not. Why Japan? I don’t know.
So here I am trying to plan this massive trip. I’ve got plane reservations again and many hotel reservations. Having these does not mean that everything will go smoothly. I can’t plan for all of the bumps and roadblocks that will come.
Some love to travel the world and will jump at any chance to board that jet plane and be off, somewhere or anywhere. I’m not one of those. I’d be most happy just to cruise around the Pacific Northwest and go camping from time to time. But, Japan beckons and I think I have one big trip left in me. After that, I’ll head out to the Hoh rainforest and soak in the loveliness of the Olympic peninsula.
Peace.
Autumn In Japan 