A rainy day in Canberra.
May 9, 2016 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 16 °CWe are off! Its wet and overcast and somebody is sure that something is up. Travis very kindly dropped us off in the Lexus - his was allegedly too dirty!
We are off! Its wet and overcast and somebody is sure that something is up. Travis very kindly dropped us off in the Lexus - his was allegedly too dirty!
What a contrast to wet, overcast Canberra. Caught up with our friends Urie and Barbara at Alexandra Heads on the Sunshine Coast.
Our decision to fly out of Brisbane rather than Sydney has been a good one. It allowed us to catch with Rod Chisholm and his daughter Holly last night. Had great night at the Airport Novotel which isRead more
A busy day in Tokyo today. We started off in Narita where we stayed at the Richmond Hotel overnight and then worked our way across to Asakusa by train. We went for a boat trip down the Arakawa RiverRead more
Today we headed north out of Tokyo to Nikko, a mountain region of Japan known for its Shogun heritage. We travelled by train from Asukusa on the Tobu line which took us through outer urban Tokyo andRead more
Thought we had seen it all but today we caught a lift down to a waterfall! Also promise of some monkey business but alas none to be found.
Spent an interesting couple of hours at the Toshogu Shrine this afternoon. It enshrines Tokugawa Ieyasu, a Shogun from the 1600s. Must have been a pretty cool dude. They went to a lot of effort toRead more
This morning has been all about relocating ourselves by train to Sendai. We started at our hotel at Kinugawa then walked up to the local station at Kosagoe and caught a Tobu train back toRead more
In a novel twist, Janet and I had a delicious steak in a "stand up" restaurant today. You had a number of choices - rib eye, sirloin etc which you paid for by the gram. It was then cooked to orderRead more
This afternoon we meandered around Sendai and got more than we bargained for. Visited the Aoba Castle which was built in 1601 and looks out over Sendai. There we ran into a wedding ceremony at theRead more