A short stopover in Fukuoka, Japan
It has been 4 years since we were in Japan in 2019. Post Covid we visited the trio of Switzerland, Austria and Germany because Japan wasn’t open to foreigners yet. They finally opened their doors ...
Travel Log
Travel diary on the go
Cruising down Saigon River
Day two of our solo adventure begins! Looking forward to our adventure today. Leafeon would have loved to roll around in this grass. But first a little snack brought to you by Vinamit, local producer ...
Hello Saigon!
Gosh it has been so long, almost exactly one year since this blog has seen any action. I am so sorry for not keeping up. Between work, family and a little me time, I’ve had ...
Toy Shopping in Tokyo
Travelling without the children meant that we could totally chiong the streets of Tokyo from breakfast to supper, something we couldn’t do when it takes hours to get everyone out of home and into bed. ...
Climbing Mt Fuji
After a good rest in the hotel, we headed back to Kawaguchiko station and bought our bus tickets to 5th station and the highway bus back to Shinjuku tomorrow. Here we are joined by other ...
Fourth time back to Japan
This is also the fourth couple trip Theo and I have taken since the kids arrived. First was to Ho Chi Minh City in 2006, Bangalore in 2013, Seoul in 2014 and now back to ...
Day 9 – 11 Toys, Fish and Disneysea in Tokyo
Being back in Tokyo for the third time was a welcome relief after 8 days of finding our way around in Osaka and Takayama. We even have our own Suica card from our last trip ...
Day 6 – 8 Freezing in Takayama
Today we leave Osaka for the Japan Alps and according to weather forecast it should be snowing in the two days we are in Takayama. As we approached the town, we could see snow on ...
Day 5 Walking path of samurai in Kyoto
Kyoto is the old capital of Japan before the present day Edo/Tokyo. I had read so much about the end days of the Shogunate era before the Meiji restoration (thanks to the game Hakuoki) that ...
Day 4 Deers and Dolphins
What do deers and dolphins have in common? We saw both of them on this day of our trip which was in a way meant mostly for the children to catch some nature after days ...