Our last full day at Rasa Ria
8 oktober 2023, Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 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 staffLäs mer
Saying good-bye (for now) at Rasa Ria
9 oktober 2023, Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 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 itLäs mer
Our favorite KL hotel - Shangri-la
10 oktober 2023, Malaysia ⋅ 🌧 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 theLäs mer
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
11 oktober 2023, Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 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 allowedLäs mer
Tokyo!
13–17 okt. 2023, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 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
13 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 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 whereLäs mer
Sugamo Shopping Street
14 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 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 redLäs mer
Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
14 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 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
15 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ 🌧 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
15 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ 🌬 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 alsoLäs mer
More of the temple
15 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
We took about 50 photos in the temple. We got a little carried away. 😆
Just a few more photos
15 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Here are the last few photos taken at the temple.
Fuji San (Mt. Fuji, in English)
16 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Look what we woke up to this morning! Amazing, isn't it?
Kobeya - great lunch our last day
16 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 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.Läs mer
Narita Airport
16 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 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 ourLäs mer
The flight to Canada
16 oktober 2023, Japan ⋅ 🌙 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,Läs mer
Back in Canada - Calgary
16 oktober 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
After our long flight, we had enough of a layover to get out of the airport for a visit with Zuzana.
Back Home
17 oktober 2023, Kanada ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
After another WestJet flight from Calgary, we arrived back at YYJ - Victoria International Airport. John met us at the airport and brought us home 🏡 bringing an awesome trip to a happy close. ❤️
