Mark Denovich

I ate at a KFC in Japan. I was short on time and it was in the station, so I decided to give it a try. I got the spicy southwest twister wrap, pretty much identical to the ones I've had in the…

Caught the last train out of Komagawa, and the last train out of Hakata. Things don't run quite so far around the clock in these parts. Got here around 11pm local. The station was dead, and so…

The local train wasn't much slower than the limited express train I waited two hours to catch on the way out... not that I complaining. The trip worked out better than I expected. The aso train…

Got a low battery warning from my Pocket PC, my primary source of time killing entertainment on the train. I had almost resigned myself to mind numbing boredoom when I remembered I've been…

8/4/2005 8:30pm What is it about traveling that makes me stinky? Today is the least I've sweat since I got here, but yet I'm quite aromatic anyway. I feel positively British toting my…

8/4/2005 7pm local It gets a bit more rural out here in central Kyushu... No English on the trains, and I think I can even detect a different dialect... that is to say that the normal station…

8/4/2005 3:00pm local I'm on the Trans Kyushu Limited Express. This train is pretty old school... But airpline style directional AC! I had the longest lay-over yet in Komagawa, a little over two…

8/4/2005 11am local. I just left Hakata after storing my big pack in a coin locker. The locker was needed as I forgot to reserve an extra night in Hakata after my plans changed. Tonight I'll be…

8/3/2005 that night 52km of biking Monday, about 30km of walking Tuesday, and another trial today. Maybe I should just swim the Kammon Straits, or hell, the why not the Pacific, to complete the…

It's been a while since I really listened to music. I'm a born bullshitter, so music competes with my desire/ability to talk. But here in Japan, I've got no one to talk to, so…