Shinkansen

Before sending me to a leadership course in Korea it is mandatory for me to get a small pox vaccine. Since the health clinic here is so small, I would need to go to the next nearest military base which is in Iwakuni, 4 hours away. The cheapest way (the only way the government travels) was by train. The regular passenger train took me from Sasebo to Fukuoka, one of the larger cities in Kyushu, and then from there I hopped on the skinkansen, or bullet train, Iwakuni. Going across the country these things can reach speeds of 100 mph, I don't know if we were going that fast, but then again I am a sort of a pessimist. Well so I got to Iwakuni and found out that I needed to have blood banked and analyzed before I even get the shot, somewhere somebody dropped the ball on getting me that information so the adventurous trip was for nothing. I will, however, have to make this trip again eventually.