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

There were two things on our agenda today – visit Himeji Castle and shopping at Den Den Town. However we left our apartment relatively late and after spending more than 20 minutes exchanging our rail passes at Shinosaka station, we could only catch the 12 noon train to Himeji. ThankfullyContinue Reading

Recently I acquired a new addiction thanks to my son. I got to know about the world of Pokémon and the more I research about it, the more there is know about these fantasy creatures, the more I am amazed and amused by the ingenuity of Nintendo’s marketing strategy. PokémonContinue Reading

Today would be our last day in India. While  I would have preferred an extra day or two to head further south to visit Ooty, a popular hill station in Tamil Nadu, my body was already breaking down from both my virus made worse by the less than sanitised water supply. Although I only drank bottledContinue Reading