Traveling in style!

Travelling as a couple gets interesting... How many bags does two take? We travel light, so we could take either two small bags or one big bag...

So far, this is what we have.

We've called it the Pink Panther. And we're sure it's not going to get stolen.

I'll make sure to get plenty of pictures with this 'pink' elephant as I make my way to Himeji. I'm sure you can produce a very nice mental image of me walking around in a crowded place with this 'bad girl'.

At this point, we are about 80 percent packed. If it weren't for Mao we wouldn't have started packing yet.

Stuff we're taking:

Gifts
(socks for Otoosan (Dad), Where's Waldo for Kie, Maple syrup for Okaasan (Mom) and Persian stuff from Momman-joon for the whole family, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit calendar for Mao's friend Jamie, and some cookies for some of Mao's girlfriends)
Netbook - for watching movies on and updating the blog
Camera
Japanese books (Japanese for Everyone, 13 Secrets For Speaking Fluent Japanese, and most importantly, Dirty Japanese)
Ipod

Next up, we're going to play Mario Bros Wii until we beat level 8. We are at the last castle.