Date/time: May 31, 2006 12:00 local (03:00z) Position at noon: Forgot - busy with all the traffic - We left Tokyo dock at Yumenoshima Marina at 10:35 today and were about 12 miles out at 12:00. Visibility quite good today so saw more ships and cities. It was a lovely trip out. All the harbors we have been in are sleepy little places in comparison. Remarks: Weather looks good to Kushiro. WE weren't able to get a visa for Russia without knowing the time and date we would be there plus some other things. They said if we came unannounced they would sink our ship. I got the feeling that tourism isn't big in Petropavlovsk, but we were disapointed. Tourism isn't big in Attu (The last of the Aleutians) either, but they won't sink your ship. We had a fantastic stay in Tokyo. It was neither as expensive nor crowded as they say. When I was here 45 years ago they had neither the Subway System nor the freeways throughout the city and the population wasn't much different. Ben, Brad & Kevin "Idlewild" Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/ To follow "Idlewild" with Google Earth: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7