Naoshima: Sydney’s Disneyland

Official celebration of Sydney’s 30th with an overnight stay glamping on Naoshima Island (including bbq’ing our own food 🍗🏕️Fascinating history of how it went from a polluted outpost of the Benesse Company to a global art mecca. https://www.remotelands.com/travelogues/affairs…. You can’t take photos inside most of the museums - which is terribly disappointing on the one hand and exactly the right policy on the other. Makes you really focus on the now to hold the memory for later. No words to describe how amazing this place is. The ideas being expressed and the architecture are mind-blowing. I took the bus in the total wrong direction at end of day and had to wait an hour for the next one - not fun in the cold and dark, but now better appreciate reading/confirming bus schedules for next time! Malcolm and Cecilia tooled around inland islands (Shimanami Kaido) ending with beers. Jay and I will meet up with them tomorrow night in Hiroshima. Big thanks to dad for pointing out 11/22 is the Feast of St Cecelia ( the patron saint of musicians, appropriately enough!)Read more