Maiden post,

Well its now three days and 5 hours (give or take, its not like I am counting :D ) until I am taking off for Japan, I`v decided to blog my trip and various related things in the hope of letting my friends know what I am doing and helping other people going to Japan.

It started on the 14^th of September when I booked the air tickets, but the planning began months before that, now I have books on Japan, Tokyo, Maps, e-stores of data and locations… you can say its helped keep me sane or you can say its an obsession that shows the full measure of my insanity.

My trip will be GPS enabled, both so I can find my way around, do some geocaching and have a record of where I have been and when I was there.

This is also going to be a Photography trip, I have my well used (and slightly abused) Canon EOS 300D, a 17-85mm IS lens, 55-200mm lens, 50mm f1.8 and… well a truck load of accessories, memory and batteries, not forgetting a speed light. The exact content is open to negotiation between me and some of newtons more annoying laws/ideas.

I have also decided that Kathmandu is my friend, particularly when they are having a 50% off sale and offering a further 10% off to members, now I have clothing I will be using over there. People its worth getting the quality of Kathmandu, and if you can pay 45% of the marked price its almost affordable.

Well this is the first part of my blog, I`ll post more info before I go but this is just because I am waiting for things to happen at work that I need to monitor.