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Take my bike up to the northern tip of Japan this August and pedal south and west 'till there's no more Japan left. Counting on about 2 or 3 months.
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Saturday, September 30, 2006

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But my pump's failing and the patch won't hold, and finally I've no choice but to abandon my bike beside the road on the high pass and hitch all the way to the old castle town of Takayama (Nate cycled while I hitched) and the nearest bike shop. But by now it's getting dark, so we hunt down a great little Mexican restaurant for dinner, then set up camp in the historic Shiroyama Park. Hoping my bike will still be there tomorrow...

Posted by Andrew Wallace @ 3:44 PM   

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...

that sounds like all kinds of sucky. but just remember that when times get tough, at least you're doing it for a good cause. and when the ladies hear about what you went through, their panties will virtually fly off! think about it dude.

-keyon

6:02 PM  

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