JAPAN | Tuesday, 22 Apr 2008 | Views [957]
Tuesday 22nd April I was very keen to visit Hiroshima while I was in Japan, and it would make for a very interesting trip for a day or two. Pete and Kumi suggested I also fit in a trip to the island of Miyajima, situated in the bay across from Hiroshima ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [554]
Monday 21st April I hadn't planned an exact itinerary for my time in Japan but had so far spent each day seeing somewhere new and I had thoroughly enjoyed it all. It is an awesome country and a very comfortable and easy place to visit as a tourist.... Read more >
JAPAN | Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 | Views [750]
Sunday 20th April All of us were clearly tired and we didn't get up until later than planned, putting paid to our intentions of going further afield to the temples of Koyasan, a couple of hours away from Osaka. Instead, we chose to make a trip ... Read more >
JAPAN | Saturday, 19 Apr 2008 | Views [759]
Saturday 19th April
Although it was a Saturday, Kumi had to go to work at the language school where she is a manager, but Pete and I decided to visit the city of Kyoto, one of the most famous towns in Japan and home to thirteen UNESCO World ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [3958]
Friday 18th April After a good lie-in, we got ourselves together and stepped out into the gloom and drizzle of a wet and grey morning in Osaka. Kumi's flat is in the outskirts of Osaka, about two train trips away from the downtown commercial district.... Read more >
JAPAN | Thursday, 17 Apr 2008 | Views [684]
Thursday 17th April I must have been more tired than I realised as I didn't get up until after 09.00. I had forgotten that I needed to go out to Narita Airport to look for the gift for Kumi that I had bought in Hanoi. I wasn't sure how I had ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wednesday, 16 Apr 2008 | Views [745]
Wednesday 16th April After a good sleep, I got up and had some breakfast in the hostel before venturing out onto the streets of Tokyo, feeling refreshed and excited about the day ahead. I wasn't sure what I wanted to see or do, so picked one of ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 14 Apr 2008 | Views [978] | Comments [1]
Monday 14th & Tuesday 15th April
We were told to be up got breakfast at 07.30 or risk losing out on food that morning as we had a tighht schedule to stick to on the way back to the mainland. It was a much better ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sunday, 13 Apr 2008 | Views [762]
Sunday 13th April
I checked out of the hotel and got to the hostel at 07.30, just on time. I grabbed a nice bacon and sausage roll at the cafe and waited in the foyer for the tour to get going. Sixteen of us ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Saturday, 12 Apr 2008 | Views [582]
Saturday 12th April
I was up shortly before 06.00, quickly got myself and my stuff together and left the hotel at 06.20, the mini-van to the airport picking me up a few minutes later. It took about half an hour ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Friday, 11 Apr 2008 | Views [616]
Friday 11th April
I had breakfast at the 'Xuan Trang Cafe' and met my guide for the morning, a young guy called Thu, whose famliy seemed to own the business. We set off on his bike through the morning traffic, ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [1675]
Thursday 10th April
I was up and out of the hotel by 07.30, had breakfast and was picked up by Mr Dien, bang on time at 08.00. He looked the right age – about 60 – so I felt he was at least closer to the genuine ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 9 Apr 2008 | Views [643]
Wednesday 9th April I was up at 09.30, taking a lie-in after getting up in the middle of the night – yet again – to watch the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Liverpool and Arsenal (a great game but not the result I wanted).... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tuesday, 8 Apr 2008 | Views [772]
Tuesday 8th April
I was up at 08.00 and had some breakfast before going to pick up some clothes that I had ordered the day before. I had a few things to sort out on the internet which took me up to lunchtime ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
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VIETNAM | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [683]
Monday 7th April
Hoi An seemed like a pleasant place to stay and there seemed to be a fair deal going on there. I got up around 09.00 and had a leisurely breakfast of more fried eggs. The guesthouse receptionist ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sunday, 6 Apr 2008 | Views [1013]
Sunday 6th April
I was up at 07.00, packed my bag and got ready to leave the hotel for the aiport, and my flight north to Danang. I was also saying goodbye to Maria and was sad to leave her behind as we had had ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 6 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
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VIETNAM | Saturday, 5 Apr 2008 | Views [2857] | Comments [2]
Saturday 5th April
I woke up just before the alarm went off at 06.45 and got a fright when I looked over towards Maria's bed and, in my half-sleep, thought I saw an old, bald man lying in the bed across from ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Friday, 4 Apr 2008 | Views [961]
Friday 4th April We were due to check out of the hotel at 11.30, and our bus back to HCMC was due to leave at 13.30, so we spent a few more hours on the beach, had a swim and tried to work on the all-important tan ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [703]
Thursday 3rd April
I had once again got up to watch the football during the night but struggled to stay awake during the Arsenal-Liverpool Champions League quarter-final (a 1-1 result that was a fair one from ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 2 Apr 2008 | Views [717]
Wednesday 2nd April
We were up before 07.00 and scoffed a quick breakfast before our car was due to pick us up and bring us to the bus for Mui Ne. In the end, the car never came (the price of the ticket included ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008 | Views [562]
Tuesday 1st April
We were up and out earlier than we were the day before. I wanted to come up with a plan for my onward journey north towards Hanoi, so I enquired at a tour agents as to how much flights would ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Monday, 31 Mar 2008 | Views [778]
Monday 31st March
It was almost noon by the time we got out of the guesthouse. I had become accustomed to air-con in the room and having to make do with the fan meant that the night had been warmer than usual ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 30 Mar 2008 | Views [1015]
Sunday 30th March
We were up at 07.30, had breakfast at the 'Khmer Kitchen Restaurant', just round the corner from the hotel (the fried eggs there were particularly good, as they were in most places in Cambodia, ... Read more >
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