Day 20 Quiz night

27th October 2008

Quiz night

Day 20

Here is the main difference between hostels in Japan and hostels in Australia. On arriving at a hostel in Japan there are posters and maps up everywhere advertising tours and showing the local cultural spots like temples and gardens. In Australia there are posters up advertising drinks nights and fancy dress competitions.

Visitors to Japan go for the history and culture, where it seems visitors to Australia come to get battered. Not that that's a bad thing - just a bit expensive with major hangovers.

Went to a quiz tonight at the bar in the hostel with Mitzie (a Swedish girl who's in my room) and Matt (a guy who was sitting at the bar when we walked in and joined our team). Matt seemed quite loud and friendly to start off with, and withing an hour he was so drunk and could hardly speak. He was telling us about how he has bought some old fire engines and he is going to paint the green and wash peoples houses for charity (??). We didn't win the quiz. Or come 2nd. Or 3rd.

When the night was over, Matt was slumped over the bar waiting for his friend to take him home and Mitzie went to bed. I wasn't tired so sat with a group of people that were talking in the common area of the hostel. They were all French. I thought if I sat there for a bit I'd be able to pick up something that they were saying, but unfortunately my High School French lessons with Mrs. Townsend weren't enough for me to understand anything that was being said, so I went to bed.