hello one week of peeling... 

later you sun-burned fellas 

yeah, i may be drinking the bubbley right out of the bottle, but i'm still listening 

goodbye 

goodbye 

goodbye taking pictures of people when they don't want me to (well, maybe not goodbye forever) 

goodbye spills and pots 

goodbye dan and rosie parties and the jess-face 

ross, mark and i enjoyed taking the fastest way down... 

hello and goodbye tamagawa beach 

goodbye hagi beach 

a crowd favorite. goodbye fellas 

so close to a nice picture, pete. 

arrrrhhhhhh!  

ehhhhhhhh!!!!! 

goodbye 

what a strange picture... 

the leaver's party in shimono went off as well... 

goodbye 

goodbye 

goodbye 

goodbye 

goodbye 

i said goodbye to all of my shogakko's and a lot of friends this week. i should be packing and cleaning right now, but the mood has really set in; i'm leaving. 

and finally, this is a tribute to the fantastic videos dan put up on his blog. if you haven't seen them yet, go there now and check them out. beware nihonjin, gaijins like this roam the streets of the western world looking for easy victims to rob.

and since we were in the area we hit up himeji castle. we only caught it at night, but that certainly added its own charm...