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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Kyoto, Japan by TravelPod blogger Cherylandreza titled “World Expo, temples, and paralyzing humidity” Cherylandreza’s travel blog entry: “First, a few quick notes on Japan: –Scenic in spring and cool in autumn, but miserably hot and humid in August and early September. –There’s a dearth of napkins and toilet paper. Better bring you own. –Again, more English translations appear than we remember 4 years ago, except when you need them most. –People here don’t eat a lot or collect many tangible assets beacuse 1/there’s no room, and 2/everything’s so expensive! –Famous actors like Clint Eastwood appear in train station adds sponsoring clothing lines and cosmetics never seen in the US. This is by design, since contractually these images are not to be disseminated to the US. Very reminiscent of Bill Murray as the Suntory Whiskey spokesman in “Lost in Translation.” And now the rest: Under the influence of mefloquine (an anti-malaria drug we’re taking for SE Asia), which as Cheryl confirms, causes such side effects as nausea and wildly vivid dreams, we made our way to the World Expo outside Nagoya. We found the World Expo to be a very crowded, large-scale Epcot Center. The popularity of some country exhibits, as measured by the Disneyland-like lines, was in no way proportional to the exhibit’s worthiness. Instead, many visitors queued up for hours simply for souvenir “passport stamps.” Maybe we should have followed their …
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