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 till breakfast in the morning. However it was really cold in the plane and byContinue Reading
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 postcard perfect. After lunch, we walked the Sakaimizo (?) shopping street towards Minami Otaru station.Continue Reading
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 experience with the cold yesterday, we figured we didn’t really want a repeat so weContinue Reading
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 of cream. Thankfully it hadn’t snowed recently so the roads were relatively dry. When weContinue Reading
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 until I lost all my photos when my phone was stolen on one particular holiday.Continue Reading
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. The part about toy hunting in Tokyo is that prices can fluctuate from place toContinue Reading
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 fellow climbers, a mix of locals and western travellers. The bus to 5th station arrivedContinue Reading