Karate Chopstix

i am not going to apologize for mass emails, its hard enough for me to write emails as is, so this is the easiest way for me to say hello and return some messages from a long time back. everything is going well!! i am sitting in nagano, japan having a day off from biking. i am about a week into a two month bike tour. this is the first time i have traveled this way and its absolutely blissfull!!! traveling by bike is simple and rewarding, allowing time to think and feel healthy. you also can eat tons and sleep very well after a long day of biking. mike and i started in tokyo and headed to mount fuji, climbed the massive volcanoe and then got on our bikes and headed north west for nagano. the japan alps are spectacular, rural japan is everything you expect and more, the japanese are polite, helpful and peaceful. we have covered over 140 miles in about 4 days of riding, not bad for two amatuers. we will head south from here along the coast and eventually reaching the southern　most point of the the main island. there we will hitch a ride on a ferry to okinawa to visit our friend kevin. overall things are running smoothly, no major disasters yet, enjoying every day!!! hope you are all well. someday i may be better about returning emails/messages, but probably not :) thanks for the emails and myspace/facebook messages. look forward to hearing from you.