TJ Bike back in Tokyo...
No news is good news with me and TJ Bike. I have deemed my shoulder 100% healed, and decided to go back to Odawara to get TJ Bike and ride back to Tokyo and finish the journey. Things didn't quite work out that way; I recognized the back brakes were basically useless (this is likely a primary cause of my accident), so I didn't want to ride back home. Fortunately, I had left my bike bag with TJ Bike. Packed TJ Bike into the bag and took the train back home. Details are here http://robnugen.com/cgi-bin/journal.pl?type=all&date=2006/08/11#TJ_Bike_returns_to_Tokyo - - - - - In other news, I have gotten full time work! This is good news for I will begin some positive cash flow to pay back the debt after a wonderful 15 months of traveling. It does mean I will be in Tokyo for another year, so that's one more year of not seeing friends and family back home. - - - - - Also, I have found a few men in Tokyo from Mankind Project (http://www.mkp.org), it will be a great blessing to reconnect with this energy. - - - - - No travel plans at this point (though I have just added blank pages to my passport!) so probably no more Rob Updates for a while. Please send *your* updates! I love to know how my friends are doing. Peace and Love Hugs and Blessings - Rob