Shinkansen (bullet train) to Kyoto.  Before we left this morning, I couldn’t help but take a couple of photos in the robes that were in our room. We left our lovely…

A day in Kyoto, and the Gion District. Laurence may have overdone it yesterday, because he started out today somewhat fatigued, but was still game to head out on a…

A day in Nara. Rested up from yesterday, Laurence was feeling better, and we headed out to Kyoto station, from where we took the Kintetsu line train to Nara for the…

Final day in Kyoto. Today was a nice day, but nothing exciting. Laurence and I separated today, as he wanted to take it easy and also just have some time…

Kyoto to Okinawa. Laurence was feeling much better today and looking good, and his decision to return home is delayed for now. We got a taxi to Kyoto Station, which…

Onna, Okinawa. Moon Beach and Snorkeling at Cape Maeda in the East China Sea. I didn’t get to bed until around midnight, but slept well until around 6 or so.…

Okinawa: Churaumi Aquarium and Ocean Expo Park. As we have no car, we’re having to find things to do in the area that we might not normally do, but are…

Final day in Okinawa. Today is our last day here, and we’ve been lucky so far in that we’ve had two days with interesting things to do, which have also…

From Okinawa to Hanoi, Vietnam. Today was a travel day, which literally took all day, from wake-up to bed. We caught the 10:42 Okinawa Airport Shuttle (which arrived exactly at…

Welcome to Hanoi. Good morning, Vietnam! We both got just a few hours sleep, but woke up feeling good. I must have had a dozen dreams about checking into our…