Category: Travel

  • Tuesday 5 May 2015 Highlights: Traditional Japanese Lunch experience, Great Buddha, Hasedera Temple, Old Japanese Houses Another day tour with Sunset Tours meant I had little trouble finding the departure point and at 9.15 am we were off for a big day of discovery.  Luckily the weather today was perfect, 21 and a little overcast,…

  • Monday 4 May 2015 Highlights: Marriage Ceremony, Asakusa Kannon (Buddist) Temple, Meiji Shinto Shrine, Boat cruise Today I organised a day tour around Tokyo called the Panaoramic Toyko Day Tour which included a Bay Cruise.  I was happy that I managed to navigate the train system and find my way to the Bus Terminal for the tours…

  • Sunday 3 May 2015 Highlights: Mini Earthquake My second Sri Lankan Airlines flight in a few hours and this was more like an international flight.  Despite leaving near midnight local time we were served dinner after take off and 6 hours later (about 2 hours out from Japan) also served breakfast.  Thumbs up for this…

  • Saturday 2 May 2015 Highlights:  Tight Indian Airport Security, Transit at Colombo Airport Today was all about getting to Tokyo back that meant I had to get there via Sri Lanka as a transit.  So this ended up taking over 19 hours from leaving the hotel in India, transiting in Colombo and then arriving at…

  • Tour Title: South India – Kerala Dreaming tour Tour Company: G Adventures Tour Leader: Sajin Basil Countries Visited: India (Cities: Kochi, Kumarakom, Alleppey, Cherrai Beach) Dates: 26 April 2015 to 2 May 2015. Note: I did this as part of the India Highlights Tour which also included the Northern India Highlights tour. Tour Type This tour is listed as one…