Early in the morning Tatjana and I set off to Miyajima island and Itsukushima shrine. Again we travelled on the Shinkanzen to Miyajimaguchi! Men at work training the pine trees! All the pine trees are sculptured, I imagine it's a full time job, they have to take out the growing tips! The a ferry to … Continue reading Japan – Itsukushima Island and Hiroshima
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Japan – Honshu – Tamashima
Travelling by high speed train to Kurashki district where we were met by and stayed with our next hosts Akinobu, Mariko and their two cats Bo and Ginkgo. Our room! Open on three sides if we wanted! Over the next few days we cycled and walked, visiting historical places that are not much visited. Tamashima had … Continue reading Japan – Honshu – Tamashima
Japan – Kyushu – Sakurajima Volcano
We traveled south to Kagoshima. The city is opposite one of the most active volcanos in Japan Mount Sakurajima. We arrived around 4 pm and decided to catch the ferry across to the island and to enjoy the magnificence of the Volcano. The name is rather misleading it means, 'Cherry Blossom Island' and maybe there … Continue reading Japan – Kyushu – Sakurajima Volcano
Japan – Kyushu – A Day out with the Sasebo International Ladies Club and a Tea Ceremony
On our first full day in Japan we joined the International Ladies Club (ILC) women from Japan and the USA on a trip out. We were guests of our host. First I want to tell you that I woke to the most amazing bird song. I was so disappointed that my Merlin app does not … Continue reading Japan – Kyushu – A Day out with the Sasebo International Ladies Club and a Tea Ceremony
Japan – Kyushu Island
We had a short flight to Japan and landed in Fukuoka. Again everyone was quiet and fell asleep, I barely had enough time to read a chapter of my book! From the moment we landed I had a good feeling about this. Probably fuelled by the way my friend Trish spoke of Japan several years … Continue reading Japan – Kyushu Island
South Korea – Heading East
I'm catching up on South Korea whilst hurtling along on Japanese bullet trains! What an experience this is! Anyway back to South Korea. The next day we headed East, not really knowing and only having a rough idea where we wanted to visit. We stopped for ssanghwa and coffee again at this rather out of the … Continue reading South Korea – Heading East
South Korea – Jeongju Hanok Village and a rainy day!
The next day we decided we would visit a Hanok village which is now part of a much bigger town. A hanok is a traditional Korean house, usually one storey, built using wood, earth, and stone. It has wooden structures, tiled roofs, maybe a yard or courtyard. Unfortunately we arrived in a holiday period and … Continue reading South Korea – Jeongju Hanok Village and a rainy day!
South Korea – Seoul
I am so behind and as I start to write about the Korean part of the journey, I have actually just set foot in Japan.... My head is in two places at once! The flight was interesting to me in that it was pretty much all Koreans or Japanese, there was not a grey head, … Continue reading South Korea – Seoul
Taiwan – Tainan
I forgot to mention the 'car lift' at our hotel in Kaohsiung. It was quite scary to drive into the space with a glass window into the lobby ahead of you. Tatjana was very cool about it, I wasn't! I took some footage when we left but it doesn't really show the glass wall very … Continue reading Taiwan – Tainan
Taiwan – Food
You're going to get a few posts in quick succession as I try to catch up. This one is short! Tatjana is very curious about different foods. I seem to be interested only when I'm hungry. (Some of you will remember when I was always hungry but, that has changed with age) Anyway Tatjana's interest … Continue reading Taiwan – Food
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