Have a great trip! Good luck with the bootlegs, does Japan let them back in? KP brought me back the latest Harry Potter DVD from Vietnam, only prob was the lips don't quite match the soundtrack..... Visit w/Uncle Ken & family was very nice - we missed you of course :) Leslie

Have fun, Jamie! I went to Hong Kong in '97 and it's a truely great city.

Jamie, I have a question about one of your posts from last year. How do I reach you by email?

Hey Les,
HK had lots of VCD bootlegs, but not really any DVD bootlegs. Bootlegs in general were surprisingly hard to come by. You'd probably have just as much luck in Toronto's Chinatown. Bootlegs are soooo 90s anyway. It's all about Bittorrent now anyway. Sorry to miss the family fun in TO. I could really go for some Swiss Chalet!

Thanks Theo. HK was great!

Amir: my email is eurojamieland@yahoo.com
You're not the famous Amir of Beingfamous.com fame are you?

Avoiding Life? Looks like You're avoiding the much anticipated update You promised... :-)

I just got back to Japan yesterday, and the way I see it I'm still on vacation. In fact I have yet to return to beautiful Noheji as of yet. My big update will be here soon enough, but when you discover that it's mostly made up of hundreds of boring vacation photos you might regret what you asked for.

Just got back? Then that makes sense... Your post said week... but if You have more vacation time left-- by all means, rest up!

You should have got yourself a China visa Jamie and jumped over the border to Shenzhen. As many DVD's as you want for less than 100 yen each.