Day 95 - Sunday, June 22, 2008
Day 95
Woke up at about 8 am in order to catch the first train back to my town. So all of us at the place got up and cleaned up the place then left for the train station. It was so interesting to see the facial expressions of many of the Japanese people that saw us on the train. Maybe it was the first time they were seeing so many foreigners, all in one place... This felt good, even though, I was the only black person on the train.
Woke up at about 8 am in order to catch the first train back to my town. So all of us at the place got up and cleaned up the place then left for the train station. It was so interesting to see the facial expressions of many of the Japanese people that saw us on the train. Maybe it was the first time they were seeing so many foreigners, all in one place... This felt good, even though, I was the only black person on the train.
I remember looking at this one Japanese old lady, she was staring at each and every one of us in the train, maybe about 30 of us in all. And when her eye caught me, it's like her mouth opened even wider and she stared for a little longer. This again wasn't uncomfortable at all because there were just so many of us. We then got of this first train and separated in all different directions to go all over Okayama.
Only 3 of us were heading for Niimi. I was willing to take the slow train because it was cheaper. But the other guys decided that they wanted to take the faster train. So because I can't deal with the stares all by myself, I paid the extra money to go on the train with the other guys. The JET guy's Japanese girlfriend then dropped me at the hotel, where I took my car and drove home.
When I got home, all I did was chat online and on the phone then went to bed.
When I got home, all I did was chat online and on the phone then went to bed.
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