I consider myself a fairly well-traveled person; thanks to my dad being in the military I got a chance to live in Okinawa, Japan for about four years, and I explored that half of the world while I was there.
Living in Japan was an awesome experience. The culture shock when I first arrived was intense, but as I learned more about the area I started liking it more and more. Japan is more "westernized" than most people think; there are more McDonald's than ninjas, for example (but I'm sure you already knew that). I learned enough Japanese to get around, but many Japanese people also speak English so I didn't need to know that much.
I got a chance to visit Australia for a month -- Sydney area mainly -- and I loved it.
I've also been to China, Korea, the Philippines, and Hawaii. I want to visit Europe and South America sometime; if all goes well, I'll be staying in Italy sometime next year with some old friends.
So...where have you been?
Living in Japan was an awesome experience. The culture shock when I first arrived was intense, but as I learned more about the area I started liking it more and more. Japan is more "westernized" than most people think; there are more McDonald's than ninjas, for example (but I'm sure you already knew that). I learned enough Japanese to get around, but many Japanese people also speak English so I didn't need to know that much.
I got a chance to visit Australia for a month -- Sydney area mainly -- and I loved it.
I've also been to China, Korea, the Philippines, and Hawaii. I want to visit Europe and South America sometime; if all goes well, I'll be staying in Italy sometime next year with some old friends.
So...where have you been?