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JAPAN | Monday, 16 Sep 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [16]
THE CLOUDS OVER KOKURA JAPAN HAD A SILVER LINING on that August morning in 1945. Bad luck for the residents of Nagasaki, though. Kokura had drawn the short straw and was the primary target for the world’s second nuclear bomb. ... Read more >
JAPAN | Sunday, 15 Sep 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [15]
NAGASAKI’S DORMY INN WAS A WELCOME SIGHT, visible as it was from the #5 Airport Bus stop at Shinchi. It was after ten, we had been traveling all day and hadn’t eaten since lunch. ANA, All Nippon Airways, was affordable, efficient ... Read more >
BELGIUM | Sunday, 15 Sep 2019 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery
Stayed two nights in this lovely rural town. Both days mountain biking in the surrounding forests and hills. Very good motorhome stopover in town, lots of nice little bars and loads of excellent Belgium beer. Hot and sunny couple of days.
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JAPAN | Saturday, 14 Sep 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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BELGIUM | Thursday, 12 Sep 2019 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery
The birthplace of Adolph Sax who invented the saxophone, the home of Leffe beer and a lovely riverside location. We cycled, drank and kayaked. Great time and mostly sunny.
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JAPAN | Wednesday, 11 Sep 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [22]
OCHIISHI NATURE CRUISES SAIL ONLY ON WEEKENDS. Their website is so poorly translated from Japanese that we had to drive all the way to Ochiishi to get the bad news. This would have been our last chance to get a good look at a spectacled ... Read more >
BELGIUM | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery
Great day exploring beautiful Ghent.
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JAPAN | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [23]
ONSEN IS JAPANESE FOR A HOT SPRING but it can also be a spa. Or in the case of Akan Onsen, an entire town. Akan Onsen sits on a lake which was formerly the caldera of a volcano and where Connie hoped to see Japanese waxwings. We passed ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Sunday, 8 Sep 2019 | By margitpirsch | Views [59]
September, Monday the 2nd 2019
Such a silly thing to do is to get hooked on a TV show like “Bates Motel”, right after finishing being entertained by “The Marvelous Mrs Measel” why isn’t there a 3rd Season and why then ... Read more >
JAPAN | Saturday, 7 Sep 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [43]
BROWN BEARS — GRIZZLIES TO US YANKS — were on everyone's minds. Scores of weekend visitors— I didn’t realize it was Saturday until I saw the buses — hoped to see one of Shiretoko National Park’s Yezo brown bears.... Read more >
