Introduction

Hello everyone,
                       Keith & Koji here, starting a blog about our impending trip around the world in 86 days by air. Some of you have expressed interest in a running account of our progress, so we thought this the best way to keep our families and friends (at least those who are interested) apprised of the highlights. Some of these posts will be in Japanese for the benefit of our Japanese friends and family, and we hope this will not discourage non-Japanese readers. There will be the occasional picture, taken, processed and posted by Koji, as I (Keith) remain  both photographically and electronically severely disabled. We leave for Tokyo on January 13, and will be there for about ten days before heading to Taipei to visit the National Palace Museum and the World Floral Exposition. We will not bore you at the moment with details of our onward movements, but do stay tuned. We do hope that at least some of you will ''follow'' us, and as we will have access to the Internet almost everywhere, the occasional email would be greatly appreciated - sent to either kbfarquhar@shaw.ca or k-ito@shaw.ca. In the meantime, happy New Year to all.