Toronto – Jamaica – Japan
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Last night we had a chat with Mari's family on "MS Skype". We were dismayed to hear that some photos we sent had never arrived.
They turned up today, even though it took some six weeks. It took so long because Canada Post sent our photos to Jamaica, not Japan. Mari's mum looked at the Jamaican post-marks and scolded the globe-trotting envelope for having gone somewhere she still hasn't been. Too true.
Curiously, this isn't the first time that something of ours went so badly astray. My bank in Canada once sent something to my home in Japan via Panama of all places. Another time, a Thai hotel badly mis-spelled just about every part of my name and address and Japan Post still managed to get the article to us. I guess when there are only two gaijin in the neighbourhood and both fellows live in the same building it helps....