We did it with a free map!

So here's a picture of my new buddy Carl P. I met Carl because I volunteered to give him a ride from Santa Rosa to the San Francisco pre-orientation. I was supposed to be a last resort for him but turned out to be the only resort... Lucky me I decided to do him that favor. Because the dude rocks. He's fluent in Chinese and Korean and has lived for ages in both countries. This guy moved to Korea when he was a freshman in college and ended up staying there for 8 years! Whoa!

Anyway, here we are on the streets of Tokyo flashing our bottles of some drink that was being passed out for free. It was really sweet!
Later that day we walked around town in the Harajuku district, about a two-mile walk from the district where we are staying (Shinjuku). We even saw some genuine ol' Harajuku girls and I was able to convince them to let us take a picture of them. I asked in English and they responded in Japanese. And after Courtney took a picture of me and them, they had me take a picture of Courtney and them using their cell phone. I stood there awkwardly because I wanted to put my arms around them but figured it was best that I didn't. That's the Japanese way of doing things, I figured.