Sunroute Shinagawa Seaside

I'm getting older.

No doubt about it, the signs are clear. More and more of my hair keeps committing suicide every night. The little bits of red in my "travel beard" are now grey. And my back hurts. And my feet hurt. And my knees hurt. Time for a rest.

Elizabeth is getting younger, no doubt about it. Travel invigorates her. The dis...

As mentioned in Kat's previous entry, we're having some difficulties with the cord of our camera. So there won't be any pics from the last 4 days or so until I get home. Which, unfortunately, is not too far away of an event.

As you might have guessed this was our last day in Tokyo, while we didn't get everything we wanted to get done (mo...

Ok folks Makely at the helm here - sorry for the long delay in getting additional entries out, but hopefully I can add a few stories to make you laugh. As Birnie noted in the previous entry for Sydney, we were giddy like school girls on the second day in Sydney, so getting to Tokyo became a priority. A couple of things worth noting.... we have a...

Hey, just waiting around in tokyo since our flight is in a few hours. had a strange couple of days (in a good way!) i wont be able to write much in this entry since im using a keyboard which has japanese symbols on too and its confusing me too much. yesterday was a long and tiring day ! spoke to my mum last night on the phone and i think i worri...

We had to see all those cities people love and thats the reason we had to do Tokyo. Its one of those cities on our must-visit list! Why is it a must do you ask? Fashion, business, people and culture all intertwine in a volatile mix in this metropolis. Its not just a city, but rather its own world. Tokyo is a city that never sleeps. Although the ...

4:15 am, Tokyo time. I'm UP! Try to go back to sleep, but body clock is having none of this. Debating the day. Weather looks like it will be sunny and cool. Maybe if I take a hot bath, I can go back to sleep for a bit. Interesting notes re: room - They provide slippers. (duh! It's Japan) Green tea, ice water, "roasted Japanese tea" provided (Duh...

Beijing was under a grey, yellow blanket of smog most of the five days we were there. Only on our last full day, Thursday, the 21st, did we see a very pale blue sky and feel the sun. Visibility was less than a half mile at most. Our visit to Tianamen Square on our first night (last Sunday) took place in humid air and the sun was a pale orange ye...

We headed off for our last day of sight seeing, with the first port of call the bus/train station. We left our bags in the lockers there so we wouldn't have to carry them around all day. Which I would have no chance of anyway, coz I had far too much stuff. And Victor was travelling for a year so had a years worth of stuff. Anyway, after depositi...

July 13th, the 14th and the 20th of 2006 Thursday and Friday and another Thursday On July 13th, I had to make a speech in front of all the students at Gaigo. I was really nervous. I did half of the speech in Japanese and the other half in English. I felt more relaxed while I was walking up to the stage because the students were cheering. I even ...

I have been practicing Aikido at least once per day this week. Most of the practices have been at the Kobayashi Dojo's. A few have been at Aikikai. I must say that I really enjoy the workouts at the Kobayashi Dojos. I feel the practices at Aikikai Hombu are pretty cold. Don't get me wrong they are really good training sessions but because there ...