Category: World Trip 2015
A 30-day adventure visting two countries; India and Japan, between 17 April 2015 and 16 May 2015.
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Saturday 9 May 2015 Highlights: Morning Prayers, Burning Ceremony, Monument to the Children, Hiroshima Peace Museum After a night sleeping on the relatively comfortable thin mattress on the floor it was an early morning wake up to join the monks in their 6.30 am prayers and chanting to welcome the day and acknowledge both the evil…
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Friday 8 May 2015 Highlights: Karukayado Monastery, Konpon Daito Temple, Konkobuji Temple, Oku-no-in Cemetery, Meditation with a monk. Today we moved to Koyasan, taking a number of trains, buses and a funicular to get to the height of the mountain. Due to the travel style with limited space we had sent our main bags onto…
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Thursday 7 May 2015 Highlights: Osaka Castle Today begins my next G Adventure tour, Japan Expess: Osaka to Tokyo. So this meant checking out of my single room and into a twin that I will later be sharing with fellow G Adventure traveller Alexander Taplin for the next 8 nights.
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Wednesday 6 May 2015 Highlights: Shinkansen Bullet train to Osaka A leisurely day ulitising the magnificent Japan rail system had me thinking why can’t train travel be this way in my country? After using the frequent (ie every few minutes) local train system to get to Tokyo Station from Shibuya (where I had been staying)…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Friday 1 May 2015 Highlights: Fish wholesale market, Indian Massage The last full day of the Indian trip. Sajin suggested an early morning trip to the port to experience the fish trade. This also result in my first Tuk Tuk ride of the trip which are always interesting with no seatbelts and chaotic driving conditions.
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