Another Trip to the Slopes 

Another Trip to the Slopes

This time it's with the Tokyo Gaijin Outdoors. The venue is Happo One, Nagano, same site as the 1998 Winter Olympics. Thanks to Ricky and Stacey for organising this trip. It was such a blast! If you happen to be in Tokyo for a while, I highly recommend this group. More info in tokyogaijins.com

I wish I had taken more pictures, but I guess I was having so much fun I forgot all about it. :)



You won't see me in the pic. Was stuck halfway down the slope when the photo was taken...




Me with the Winter Olympic logo in the background.




Mia and Heather are in Japan teaching English and they kept me company through the day. We found ourselves laughing often over bloopers and embarassing moments as we made our way down the course.




Heather reminds me of Drew Barrymore. This is her first time snowboarding.



Mia's American-Chinese. She's a first-time snowboarder as well.




Me again.




Stacey's one of the nicest persons I've ever met. She and Ricky organised the trip.




At the dinner table...




After dinner we had an informal gathering talking, drinking, drinking and drinking... :P In the pic are Therese, me, Nobuyuki, Josh and Sven.




Ricky, me and Takako




Me and Kumi.




View of the ski resort from outside the hotel.


With just a little over a month to go before returning to HK, I feel sad that I've not got to join the group much earlier... summer activies include canoeing, whitewater rafting and paragliding... sigh :-(