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Category: World Trip 2015

A 30-day adventure visting two countries; India and Japan, between 17 April 2015 and 16 May 2015.

  • World Trip 2015: Day 23 – Koyasan to Hiroshima, Japan

    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…

  • World Trip 2015: Day 22 – Osaka to Koyasan, Japan

    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…

  • World Trip 2015: Day 21 – Osaka, Japan

    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.

  • World Trip 2015: Day 20 – Tokyo to Osaka, Japan

    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)…

  • World Trip 2015: Day 19 – Tokyo, Kamakura and Yokohama, Japan

    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,…