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Earthquake off Japan
As soon as we arrived home today we saw ABC television transmitting a live stream of news from Japan on the huge earthquake off the northern coast. The names of towns and provinces in Tohoku that they mentioned were all too familiar as they were part of our plans for the first half of our…
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Paper phantoms
We picked up our 14 day Japan Rail Pass vouchers from Pitt Travel this evening. I also grabbed a copy of the free JNTO Tourist Map of Japan, a treasured reference when it comes to planning trips. The map shows major railway lines, roads, onsens and other sites across the islands. While gazing at Hokkaido,…
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Two days in Kuala Lumpur
My mum, uncle and aunt are spending a couple of days in Kuala Lumpur on the way back from Europe. This is only her second trip overseas and she asked me what to do in KL during her stay. Below is an edited version of my reply, keeping in mind that they are all getting on…
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Welcome to 2011: Japan again
First trips for the year are now booked. I’m off down to Melbourne for a day next month to watch a concert of John Williams music. Then a couple of weeks later the three of us are flying back to Osaka courtesy of a very cheap Jetstar deal. We have 16 days there, but I…
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From apples to zebras: a trip to Melbourne
Back to the trip to Melbourne… Beechworth’s Carriage Motel is very nice for a motel. The big screen television was great for Doctor Who and there was free wireless internet as well. But our room didn’t come equipped with a bath. Last time we tried Alex in the shower (Hong Kong) it ended in tears.…
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Back in time for NYE 2010
We’ve made it back from Melbourne in time to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Sydney. By celebrate I mean sit at the top of the driveway and watch the fireworks in the CBD from a distance. We had a fantastic time down in Victoria and I’ll try to upload the photos and write a proper…
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Lightning and locusts
The last trip of the year. After spending the year flying around the Asia it’s time for a holiday closer to home, time to show Alex my old home. Time to give the car a nice long drive as well. But how would our increasingly active toddler cope? Very well, as it turned out. One…
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By George, there’s water!
I popped down to Canberra on Tuesday, the usual return flights in a day. It was a perfect day for flying, sunny with scattered clouds. I was on Qantas 737-400’s both ways. These short Canberra flights, nominally 55 minutes in length but much less in the air, really feel different even from the hour long…