Monkey Park

I can't wait to visit Jigokudani-Yaenkoen, otherwise known as Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park. The English page is entertaining and there's a link to a live Monkeycam. Could it get any better?

Now I just need to add it to the map.

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Here's a link to places to stay.

Maps

I'm map obsessed and the Japanese seem to share that obsession. I'm going to keep links to some good maps here.

Here's the wayfaring map for Japan I made.

Ueno

Here's a nice map from TokyoEssentials.com

Odaiba

I'm going to add some info about Odaiba, the man-made island in the Tokyo bay where I stayed when I went to Japan in 2001.

Map from TokyoEssentials.com

A wonderful walk

Yesterday we went to William Davie park near our apartment for a hike. It was pretty nice. The woods were gorgeous and the weather was perfect. The trail was mostly flat and ran a long a creek bed.

US Air Hates Me

US Air hates me. Here's why:

In late March, my fiancee and I had round-trip flights on US Air to Ohio for the weekend to do some wedding planning. At 11:30 the night before we were going to leave, we got a call telling us her grandfather had passed away. This was a Thursday night, but the funeral wasn't going to be until Tuesday. After talking it over Thursday night and Friday morning, we decided to change our flight plans and instead of flying up Friday night, to drive up on Sunday. That just left us with the task of getting our flights changed... I dreaded this process, and with good reason.