Day 1 To The Land of Kiwis (& Emus)
We took a SQ flight to Wellington, capital of New Zealand, with a brief stopover at Canberra. Our plane took off the night before at 12 midnight and thankfully I was able to sleep through ...
Travel Log
Travel diary on the go
Day 4 & 5 Otaru – Sapporo
The next morning we headed out to Otaru to see its famed canal. I was a bit disappointed to find out that the scenic stretch is only about 500m but I suppose it does look ...
Day 3 Freezing in Sapporo
I slept through dinner after reaching back to our hotel the night before. After fitful sleep, I managed to wake feeling slightly better this morning with the worst of my fever gone. However after our ...
Day 2 Adventure on Lake Akan
We collected our car early in the morning at 9am, a Toyota Fielder, and made our way towards Lake Akan. The scenery enroute reminded me of Christmas log cake with pine trees and many layers ...
Day 1 Obihiro here we come
I’m catching up on a lot of trips I’ve made over the years but was usually too tired at the end of the trip to blog about it. I kept saying I’d get it done ...
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 ...