Too much time in net cafes

Like the caffeine in the coffee you think they'd serve in an internet cafe, keeping in touch and connected is addictive.

I think I am spending a little bit too much time in internet cafes. Or finding them. Or getting lost in them. Or blogging. Or uploading photos.

So... I am going to just keep my diary on the computer and upload everything once I get to a business hotel with internet access in the room or until I start work in Hokkaido.

I'll still check my emails daily, unless I am at a volcano or spa town. I don't want to be isolated! It's just that most of the ryokans I am staying in have an 11pm curfew which especially considering arriving on a 7pm train, showering, exploring, eating and surfing mean I don't get in much before 11pm.

Also it's costing me a fortune. Today I had to join a youth centre just to have internet access. Luckily they didn't ask my age, otherwise they might have denied me entry!

So if you don't hear from me for a while (like there are people hanging on my every word!) then I'm okay, I am just saving time and money until the next LAN/WLAN connection.