Lovely Langkawi – Seven Wells Waterfall
At breakfast today I looked around me at the other guests. From the super tall Dutch women in revealing clothes to the Chinese women in functional clothes to the Malay … Continue reading
Lovely Langkawi – Cable car
Yesterday morning I made a mad dash from KLIA where my Emirates flight landed to KLIA2 for my Air Asia flight. 2 trains, luck with a fast passage through immigration, … Continue reading
Family Top Three Experiences for Japan
In April 2014 we took a marvellous family vacation to Japan (see 12 posts under the Travel menu) that we all thoroughly enjoyed. The parts of Japan that we saw … Continue reading
Travels in Japan with children, part 12, Kyoto
We started our last full day in Japan slowly, sorting, packing, and deliberately not rushing for once. Eventually we walked to Nanzen-ji temple and beyond that, past the aqueduct and … Continue reading
Travels in Japan with children, part 11, Nara
1400 years ago Nara was the capital city of Japan and we have attended the Nara festival in Australia, so it was with anticipation and excitement that we set off … Continue reading
Travels with children in Japan, part 10, Kyoto
This morning we woke to the daily sound of our neighbours filling their buckets in the tiny alleyway that we share and having a jovial chat. We considered the unfortunate … Continue reading
Travels with children in Japan, part 9, Kyoto
This morning we explored the east end of our street and we were delighted to discover 3 temples in the same block. In the 2nd (Jakko-Ji) we fairly quietly explored … Continue reading
Travels with children in Japan, part 8, Nagoya
We set off this morning as early as we could manage, negotiated the subway system and arrived at the Shinkansen station in preparation for our day trip to Kurashiki only … Continue reading
Travels in Japan with children, part 7, Kyoto
This morning we took our first bus ride in Japan to Kinkakuji Temple. The driver continued to accept new passengers well beyond the comfort level of most of us and … Continue reading
Travels in Japan with children, part 6, Kurama
Today for the first time we were out of our house by 8:30 am and on our way to Mt Kurama. After finding that our children were not coping well … Continue reading
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