mmmmm...beer 802 Posted February 5 Japan is still cool. We've been all over the island, and still lots of stuff to see. Honestly the food is meh... once you get past the ramen/sushi stage, it's just a lot of fish and rice. Same same all around. I will say I really like how they do sweets/desserts here. Much less sweet, but just sweet enough you know? And really... I haven't found a bad cup of coffee here. They really took to the coffee scene and aren't afraid of strong coffee. Coming from the pacific NW coffee scene we didn't know what to expect. Really pleasantly surprised. We went to Thailand for the Christmas week. That was a lot of fun. Stuck around Bangkok and just did day trips out to the sites. I will say, Bangkok is like Vegas's older seedier brother. That place is wild. Sooooooo many silver haired dudes walking around with 18 year old Thai's... I would say chicks but I dunno. Hahaha... definitely the main destination for "passport bros" it seems. We want to go to Bali, Singapore, or the Philippines next for a long vacation. We can take military hops over to South Korea and may do so over one of these long weekends. Wife and daughter dig K-dramas on netflix so I'm sure there's something to do with that over there. Anyway... got my first interim retirement check last month, so that alleviated a ton of stress wondering if I was going to have to wait 6 months to a year to get paid like some folks have. I've also gotten access to my TSP (.gov 401k) and have started drawing from there as well. Not really any bills here so just living the dream really. I may stop taking that TSP, as I don't know that I really need it. Though... that's the switch I need to turn off in my head right? What did I save all this for if not to eventually use it? I guess that's one of the big things with retirees, being able to switch from save mode, to spend mode. Anyway... living life. How you folks been? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EternalShinyAndChrome 4,006 Posted February 5 Did you spend One Night in Bangkok? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drizzay 713 Posted February 5 How much taller are you than the average Japanese man? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 802 Posted February 5 12 minutes ago, Drizzay said: How much taller are you than the average Japanese man? I'm 5'10" so... probably about 3 inches. There are some regular tall people here, but mostly I'm packed in on the train and just look over everyone's head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 802 Posted February 5 16 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said: Did you spend One Night in Bangkok? Yes.. x5. So 5 nights in Bangkok. Haha... all the stories about lady boys are true. They are pretty celebrated in that culture and everywhere. It's not a taboo thing at all. Go to the mall... big drag/lady boy Christmas show. It was like... uhhhhhh.... okay. NO... I didn't sample! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tebok 442 Posted February 5 I hiked up Mount Fuji awhile back. Cool experience. Great place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 802 Posted February 5 1 minute ago, Tebok said: I hiked up Mount Fuji awhile back. Cool experience. Great place. We've been kicking at around. So many foreigners this last year, Japan is cracking down and making us pay now it seems. Honestly I've been a smidge apprehensive to do it as since taking the moderna shot my blood pressure has been whacky. That's all I'd need is to get somewhere up on Fuji and stroke out. Hahaha.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tebok 442 Posted February 5 2 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said: We've been kicking at around. So many foreigners this last year, Japan is cracking down and making us pay now it seems. Honestly I've been a smidge apprehensive to do it as since taking the moderna shot my blood pressure has been whacky. That's all I'd need is to get somewhere up on Fuji and stroke out. Hahaha.... Not a bad way to go out, I suppose. It's not a particularly difficult hike. Young kids climb it. I did it more for the view and saying I'd done it rather than as a challenge. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,562 Posted Sunday at 04:53 AM I’ve been in Japan/SKorea since the beginning of May. You can stay in Japan with no visa for 6 months so I plan on living here 6 months out of the year. Having a remote job is great. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 2,408 Posted Sunday at 11:37 AM Did you get kanchoed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
