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arachel

Age:

Gender:

Female

If you must know:

I'm single

Travel status:

Traveling soon

Hometown:

San Francisco, CA

Currently in:

Hachijo-jima, Japan

Traveling Next:

China

Favorite places I've been:

Egypt, Belize, Cambodia, Spain, Japan, Indonesia

Places I want to go to:

India, Peru, Ecuador, Trans-Siberian Railway, Nepal, Tibet

About me:

I'm currently teaching English on a tiny island off the coast of Japan. I hope to travel around Asia as much as possible while I'm here. I love food. I love music. I love San Francisco. I love the ocean (even when it makes me seasick). Check out my blog: www.amateurfatalist.com

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/arachel

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I'm fired up on:

writing, listening, breathing, getting involved in long, rambling, seemingly pointless conversations, getting lost

Tunes I rock out to:

the mountain goats, godspeed you black emperor, electrelane, modest mouse, pixies, aloha, the faint, metric, nina simone, mogwai, salsa, old 97s, the velvet underground, blind willie johnson, arcade fire, johnny cash

Travel style:

I don't feel like i've been on vacation unless i get to go somewhere that is completely unlike home. I'm more interested in villages than cities, more into buses than planes, prefer down and dirty cultural experiences to photo ops.

Quote:

all a good life requires is a passport and a corkscrew.

Favorite books:

tropic of capricorn, east of eden, confederacy of dunces, anna karenina, notes of a dirty old man, diane di prima, saul williams, vonnegut, sedaris

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

you

I want to make a difference by:

being the most conscious, courteous, humble traveler i can possibly be...and soaking up what i'm shown like a sponge.

Languages spoken, other than English:

some spanish, a tiny smattering of Japanese

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

i've wandered into a local bar or restaurant, the only foreigner in the place, the only person that speaks english, and get to play the "please feed me" game.

Why I travel:

right, like i have a choice in the matter.

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

on a felucca floating lazily up the nile

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

the desert

Before I die I'd like to:

see more, hear more, taste more, smell more, feel more

Let's collaborate:

let's travel together!

My links:

www.amateurfatalist.com

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by Tim Patterson | 2008/09/13

Oh wow - you're way out there, huh! I lived in central hokkaido. The hiking is spectacular - Daisetsuzan, Shiretoko, or one of the lesser known hikes, like Kogane-dake, Uryu-numa...or Yotei-zan.

here's an article I wrote about hiking in Hokkaido -

http://matadortravel.com/travel-writing/japan/travel-place/snowbound-april-fools-hokkaido-mountain-huts

I'm in Vietnam now - finished JET in 2006.

by Tim Patterson | 2008/09/12

Hey, which prefecture is your island part of? I was a JET in Hokkaido for 2 years...still miss parts of the life there.

by arachel | 2008/09/12

I'm technically part of Tokyo prefecture, but it's about a 300 km trip to the mainland. I really want to get up to Hokkaido before I leave. Any recommendations? Are you still in Japan?

by Adam | 2007/08/29

You should post some photos from Japan! How cool that you're teaching there..

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