Quick day trip to Kyoto, caught the bullet train 15min! Group split Mike and Linda headed north , Andrew & Karen south east. Lots of sites / temples / shops +++
Too windy !!! 50kt winds , captain tried 4 times to dock…..as we know best to give up rather than end up in your trunks. So chill out day ( good for all of us )… getting into ‘cruise’ routineもっと詳しく
29deg10’15 N ,129deg 15’16 E
Chugging along at 12 kts, Linda & Karen doing a few laps before lunch. Lovely sunny day for snoooooozing and reading.
Early arrival , quick breakfast ready to roll. Caught taxi to the memorial garden, serene, sobering memorial to the 200,000 who died in the battle of Okinawa 1945. USA still have a large ‘もっと詳しく
32deg31.60 N, 130deg32.17 E, docked at Yatsushiro about 1 hour away from Kumamoto town. Welcomed by an impressive electrical storm, at least we aren’t near any large metal objects 🛳️. Actuallyもっと詳しく
Arrived at 0900, a little overcast, picked up by Mr Yang Gwang Bo our driver, speedy, jerky dash across the island, first stop UNESCO site volcanic crater, Seongsan Ilchulbong, climbed up to theもっと詳しく
Lazy day at sea, Linda and Mike attended talk by the captain, Andrew and Karen kept with tradition and enjoyed the 3 course lunch with wine. Enjoyable final dinner, ever smiling waiter Garry and ourもっと詳しく
旅行者 Cheeky monkey!