Around Tokyo I’ve walked 75km in 4 days, and my little toes are officially sore. It’s a “rest” day today, with nothing planned other than replacing the pair of Ray Ban sunglasses I bought in […]
Today is the last day of travelling to see cherry blossoms(sakura) or wisteria. It’s a day trip to Kitakami and Morioka, nearly 3 hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo. I discovered yesterday when I decided to […]
Ashikaga Flower Park, Tomita, Japan It is the start of wisteria season in Japan, which runs for about a month from late April. It’s overcast and smoggy in Tokyo, so I take the Shinkansen to […]
With no fixed plans for the next 5 days, and a sense that if I head to Kawaguichiko today it will be phenomenally busy, I settle on a day trip to Kyoto. Or a half […]
Early Arrival in Tokyo QF25 is slightly delayed leaving Sydney for Tokyo, but only 10 minutes late landing at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo at 05:25am. 6 full days in Tokyo with a series of […]
During a leisurely breakfast at the Intercontinental’s Quills restaurant at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, an SMS arrives from Qantas that QF64 has been delayed by 70 minutes. That’s okay, I can still make […]
