Weight Watching

Posted by on Sep 16, 2011 in Toyama, Travel Volunteer Journey | 7 Comments
Weight Watching

Despite the laughing scepticism of the of the Travel Volunteer Project Office, we came to Japan sincerely believing that by simply following a Japanese diet, we’d be able to lose a bit of weight. Even withtheir doubt, we’re reasonably hopeful (for the record, my starting weight was a shameful 82.5kg). Earlier in the year, we ...

Day One – Toyama

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in Toyama, Travel Volunteer Journey | 7 Comments
Day One – Toyama

There was part of me that thought we might get an easy start to life as travel volunteers. That part – the fool – was completely wrong. Between jet-lag interrupting our sleep (again) and the possible consumption of one sake too many the night before, the start of our real journey crashed in on us ...