Our last full day at Rasa Ria
2023年10月8日, マレーシア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
It's been a fun, relaxing, and restorative eight days, and today was no exception. Walking🚶♀️ on the beach, swimming 🏊♂️ in a couple of pools, chatting with several of the staffもっと詳しく
Saying good-bye (for now) at Rasa Ria
2023年10月9日, マレーシア ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We left Rasa Ria at 7:00 am this morning for our flight to Kuala Lumpur. So many of the staff came to the lobby to sing the farewell song and take photos. It was quite a send-off. They really make itもっと詳しく
Our favorite KL hotel - Shangri-la
2023年10月10日, マレーシア ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
Another Shangri-la hotel. One of our all-time favorite hotels. We are having a very happy 3 days here, enjoying the good location close to the Petronas Twin Towers, the Horizon Club Lounge and all theもっと詳しく
What a memorable experience! Just wondering...would you consider a permanent move?? [Kathleen Moriarty]
Jo and JO Brooks-CaragataNot here. Somewhere else in Asia, sure, but KL is better as a mini-vacation stop, we think. We were out and about this afternoon in an area that reminded us of Yangon, which surprised us. We'd never been to that part of KL before, and suddenly, we found ourselves feeling like it was familiar. It felt good.
Hop On Hop Off bus in Kuala Lumpur
2023年10月11日, マレーシア ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We decided to be a little touristy in KL, so we tried the hop on hop off bus. We didn't do any hopping, though. We stayed on for the full circuit. We saw a lot but not always in a way that allowedもっと詳しく
Tokyo!
2023年10月13日〜17日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We arrived at Haneda at 10:30 last evening. Akiko met us and brought us to our hotel. It was after midnight when we checked in. This is the view we woke up to this morning. Not bad.
Shibuya (Tokyo) with Akiko
2023年10月13日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We went by train with Akiko to Shibuya, a very busy area of Tokyo. We saw the Hachiko Statue and crossed the street (twice) at the Shibuya Scramble - the one you see in movies & TV shows whereもっと詳しく
Sugamo Shopping Street
2023年10月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Sugamo - home of red underwear!
We had been here a few years ago with Kuniko, but today, we went back with Akiko. It's an old-fashioned shopping street and people like to go there to buy redもっと詳しく
Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
2023年10月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After Sugamo, we went one station over to Komagome. Here we went to these gardens - new to us. Japanese gardens are always so lovely.
Afternoon Tea & Excelsior Café
2023年10月15日, 日本 ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
A couple of nostalgia moments today - lunch at Afternoon Tea and much later, a coffee break at Excelsior Café. All yummy.
Joshinji Temple at Kuhombutsu
2023年10月15日, 日本 ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
What an amazing time we had here today. ❤️ The temple is so beautiful. Wandering around a Japanese temple and its gardens is one of the joys of being in Japan. Our enthusiasm for this temple alsoもっと詳しく
More of the temple
2023年10月15日, 日本 ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
We took about 50 photos in the temple. We got a little carried away. 😆
Just a few more photos
2023年10月15日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Here are the last few photos taken at the temple.
Fuji San (Mt. Fuji, in English)
2023年10月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Look what we woke up to this morning! Amazing, isn't it?
Kobeya - great lunch our last day
2023年10月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Kobeya was one of our favorite restaurants when we lived in Nishinomiya. We were surprised to see that they are in Tokyo, too, so Akiko suggested we have lunch there just before going to the airport.もっと詳しく
Narita Airport
2023年10月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This is it! It's back to Canada 🇨🇦 now. It has been a wonderful trip 😊 and we hope the 2 flights ✈️ to get us home are just as good.
We have said goodbye to Akiko & are waiting for ourもっと詳しく
The flight to Canada
2023年10月16日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
We had our first experience in Business Class & it was on a Dreamliner, also a first for us. It was pretty amazing. Pods with lie-flat seats, 2 flight attendants for the 16 passengers in this class,もっと詳しく
Back in Canada - Calgary
2023年10月16日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
After our long flight, we had enough of a layover to get out of the airport for a visit with Zuzana.
