Happy New Year from Kobe, Japan

Hey folks ... sorry for having disappeared for a while, but that's how it goes when you're travellin'. It's not always easy to keep contact while you're busy. And busy I was for the last few days. As I said before, I meet a lot of interesting young people here. One of them is Yoshiya Santo who took me to Kobe last week.

Kobe is a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1,5 miljoen people. The city is also known of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, or Kobe earthquake of 1995 which killed almost 5.000 people in Kobe and caused a lot of damage.

On this picture you see me in Shin-Kobe Station.

But ... I almost forgot to wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.

May your wishes all come true in 2009 ... and may you stay for ever young.