Travel
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T-0 MSP-PEN
As expected, my departure date for Penang came in a whirlwind. I had a week off between getting home from California and leaving for Penang but between prepping stuff for our shipment, packing up the house, doing work on the other house, running around for some last minute errands, I knew it would flash by.…
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Nakasendo Day 1 ・中山道１日目
March 21, 2025 The relief and satisfaction of getting bags on bike was slightly soured by how I was already behind schedule by about 2 hours. But, out of all days to have a late wheels on ground, today was definitely Rank 1. While I had 105 km planned, it was the flattest day scheduled…
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Small-ish bike person problems aka when things don’t go to plan
Walked over to CycleTrip Akihabara in the morning to pick up my reserved Topstone. Paid an additional ¥500/week insurance for roadside assistance/stranded pick up service, though as the employee warned, I would have to wait a day or two for help and therefore, I would likely have to abandon the bike and they would pick…
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Touchdown Tokyo
After a weekend side quest to New York, I started my Tuesday at 4 am eastern with a 6 am LGA-MSP flight. I said bye to Ken 😭 and spent possibly my first layover at MSP. After a four-hour layover which included an hour delay, 12 hours in the air, a stuffy hour through Japanese…
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