T.I. Super-genius Goes to China & Japan!

Yes, fellow intermittent genii, I will be venturing to China and Japan next week. We'll see how well the infamous blog-hostile Chinese firewall impacts my ability to record my travels. While the blogger.com interface will be inaccessible over there, I may be able to email myself entries and if I'm feeling really ambitious, write a script to publish my email to blogger. Or wait till I get to Japan, where it should be doable.

Sadly, yours truly knows hardly any Chinese or Japanese. Fortunately, the flight over is about 14 hours, which means I could listen to my 3 hour in-flight Japanese audiobook maybe four times over, given enough free caffeinated beverages. Ah, but it will have to compete with any in-flight entertainment that ANA Nippon Airlines has to offer, my Playstation Portable, chatty seat mates, and unconsciousness.

If any readers have ideas for what to see or do near Shanghai, Guangzhou, and/or Tokyo, feel free to comment. Already bought my ticket to the Studio Ghibli (Totoro!!) musuem, and a Japan Rail Pass.