Travel diary
Rock climbing at Yugawara
This was last week but I needed the time to recover. I went on a beginner’s rock climbing day trip in Yugawara. It was with a friend of a friend who runs an adventure company in his free time. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It started off with a practice climb on a small slope then … Continue reading
Hakone
It was a public holiday last Friday so had a 3 day weekend. I drove down to Hakone for some sightseeing and relaxing in a top ryokan (季の湯 雪月花). A lot of the time was spent in our rented Nissan Cube (I won’t post a photo because it’s a typical Japanese car that is shaped … Continue reading
Happy Chinese New Year
As if the new year celebrations don’t stop, here comes another one! Happy Ox year everyone.
2008
Having spent more than ten months away from home this year it’s good to end it back with family, friends and home cooked food! My 18 month old niece, Annabelle, has grown up so much! Really sweet now and able to run about and also speaks a little. This photo is the view from my … Continue reading
Home at last
I made it home after a 22 hour door-to-door journey! I was completely shattered and as always got barely any sleep. I wasn’t too impressed with the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow. I had to wait more than one hour for my luggage to come out, resulting in me missing my bus and having to … Continue reading
Scuba diving in Okinawa
I’ve been so busy in the office this week that it seems like so long ago that I was scuba diving in sunny Okinawa. In fact, it was only last week. TGI Friday! Now I can blog and share my lovely photos with everyone. Firstly, I must thank Miho and her friends Taka and Yoshi … Continue reading
Mie weekend
Pronounced “Me-eh”, Mie, is a prefecture in Japan. My friends and their Japanese teachers organised a trip there and one nights stay at Toba International Hotel. In an effort to save on the pretty expensive Shinkansen fares, we hired a car from Nagoya. Being the only guy on the trip, I was pre-nominated to drive … Continue reading
Nasu
I had a lovely weekend break in Nasu. It was so great to get out of Tokyo, to breathe the fresh air and see the lovely autumn colours. Lots of thanks to Miho-san for being our chauffeur, tour guide and such a great friend! The weather was perfect on Saturday and we saw some amazing … Continue reading
Minakami
Last weekend, I went to Minakami with two of my co-workers and their Japanese teachers. Actually, I didn’t really know where I was going as I’m useless at remembering new Japanese names/words, so I just turned up at the station at 9:10am on Saturday. But it turned out to be a pretty fab weekend. The … Continue reading
Taiwan
I had yet another weekend break last week. This time, I visited my old classmate/ex-flatmate from university, Penny, in her home country of Taiwan. I stayed at her aunt’s place, who I must say is one of the nicest person I’ve ever met. Their whole family was very welcoming and went to a lot of … Continue reading
