Destination: Japan

Gallery: Leaving Japan, Beginning of Aussie!!

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By kimbo46 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Japan:

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By slosman | Photo Gallery

Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By slosman | Views [890] | Comments [3]

Our first stop, Tokyo, Japan... Tokyo is a huge city, very similar to many 'western cities.' The metro was very complex but rather easy to navigate around. I did stop and point at maps a lot in order to get to our destinations. Tokyo is broken into several ... Read more >

Turtle Pyramids

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By vespertine | Views [525]

Turtle pyramid - a major battle for the best rock spot in the pond!! Although, it all happened in such slo-mo it was hard to follow the action . . . < Toji temple gardens > We are finding Kyoto to be such an amazing city.  We`ve been constantly ... Read more >

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Gallery: Japan

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By angelabuffjohn | Photo Gallery

. . . we made it to Kyoto

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By vespertine | Views [396]

(Bashful grin) well, we are in Kyoto now.  We were just looking through our dates this morning before we got on the shinkasen (awesome awesome trains!!) and realised our 21 day pass is almost up (hides behind a coffee table in case anyone is booing).... Read more >

Gallery: Harajuku Part 2: The Craziest things I have ever seen....

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 | By kimbo46 | Photo Gallery

Back in Tokyo, and some things Ive forgotten...

Fri, 30 May 2008 | By kimbo46 | Views [681]

Yesterday I had a bit of an uneventful day, I was still feeling a bit sick and the weather was not very nice so I went to go see a movie.  Indiana Jones doesn:t come out here till June (i was very angry when I found this out!) so I went to go see Narnia ... Read more >

Yang Shuo

Fri, 30 May 2008 | By eri | Views [624] | Comments [1]

Arrived on the boat along the river with  huge pointy rock formations poking out.  Will uplaod some pics if this connection is fast enough.  Met a middle aged English hippy couple at the quayside who've been here teaching English.  They set me up with ... Read more >

Gallery: Leaving Takayama, Mt. Fuji

Wed, 28 May 2008 | By kimbo46 | Photo Gallery

Ferry: Osaka - Shanghai

Tue, 27 May 2008 | By eri | Views [870]

All very smoooth, and ferry far from capacity so nice and laidback.  Karaoke bar, games arcade and majong room keep some occupied, but after all the rushing around over the last couple of months was delighted to do pretty much absolutely nothing.  In ... Read more >

Mt. Fuji

Mon, 26 May 2008 | By vespertine | Views [570]

Mount Fuji is incredible!  When we first arrived we couldn`t actually see Fuji due to the cloud cover but when we eventually did it was peering over the top of the clouds . . . having never seen any "real" mountains it was momentarily surreal.... Read more >

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Gallery: More Hiroshima, Takayama

Sun, 25 May 2008 | By kimbo46 | Photo Gallery

Islands and Volcanos

Fri, 23 May 2008 | By vespertine | Views [446]

Highlights of Kyushu - Yakushima, an amazing island - if you want to visit make you sure you give it at least a couple of days - it`s tiny but there are lots of walks .  The little bit that we got to see blew our breaths away.  The forest feels ancient, ... Read more >

Gallery: The Golden Temple, Miyajima Island, Hiroshima

Thu, 22 May 2008 | By kimbo46 | Photo Gallery