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Mar 2018 14

DAY 2

Japan, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 2 Comments | 4 min read

March 12th The Magnificent Mountain The sun was shining when we woke up this morning, and it looked like it was going to be a great day. We arranged for our 4 suitcases and 1 carry on bag to be sent directly to Kyoto, and we were ready to head out. We were off to...

Mar 2018 13

DAY 1

Japan, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 0 Comments | 3 min read

March 10th Tokyo We are staying at the Park Hotel which is in a newly built business district near the Hamariku Gardens. The hotel itself is on the 25th to 34th floors of the building, and our room is on the 34th floor with a great view over Tokyo and a nearby...

Mar 2018 11

The Westward Journey to the East

Japan, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 0 Comments | 4 min read

It seems strange that in order to get to the Far East, you have to go west. Well, I suppose it proves that the world is round. There was no other way of looking at it. We absolutely needed 4 suitcases. I was able to remove several items, but then I found more stuff...

Mar 2018 10

Itinerary

Asia, Japan, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel, Uncategorized | 7 Comments | 2 min read

In 1962 as part of our around the world escapade my parents and I spent a blissful 6 weeks in Japan. We had no set itinerary, and just went where the train took us. We spent a week on Lake Biwa, climbed the Japanese Alps, indulged in mixed bathing, and armed with...

Mar 2018 7

Prologue

To the Orient and Beyond | 12 Comments | 3 min read

After our incredible world cruise last year it was hard getting back to the routine of life on land. However we knew we had something to look forward to. Whilst on Queen Victoria I made several visits to the Voyage Sales Office. We initially booked on Queen...

Aug 2017 16

In Search of Wild Dogs – The Movie

Africa, In Search of Wild Dogs, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Travel | 4 Comments | 1 min read

I have posted the video from the trip on You Tube. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3wgCQQ0Nwk&w=560&h=315] Not one of my better movies alas, it is particularly full of motion artifact due to being filmed from the car when the engine was running, and...

Aug 2017 3

Kruger Day 7

Africa, In Search of Wild Dogs, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Travel | 0 Comments | 3 min read

We head home We watched our final African sunrise from the camp, loaded up the Corolla, said goodbye to Betty the bushbuck, and headed out the camp gate, hoping that this would be the day of the cat. It wasn’t, but we had our fair share of...

Aug 2017 2

Kruger Day 4

Africa, In Search of Wild Dogs, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Travel | 6 Comments | 5 min read

Kruger Day 4 Skukuza Camp In the cooler months lions will often sleep on the paved roads to keep warm, so as soon as the camp gates opened at 6:00 we were off and running in search of the big cats again. There were no other cars on the road, so...

Aug 2017 1

Kruger Day 6

Africa, In Search of Wild Dogs, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Travel | 4 Comments | 4 min read

Crocodile Bridge We were up before the sunrise, looking for the big cats again, which Facebook reassured us were very close by. We didn’t find any again, but had another totally splendid morning watching a fish eagle, avoiding elephants on the road, trying...

Aug 2017 1

Kruger Day 5

In Search of Wild Dogs, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Travel | 2 Comments | 6 min read

Crocodile Bridge We said goodbye to our little rondavel, moved the table so we could retrieve our biltong and drinks for the cooler for the day, and at 5:45 we were waiting at the gate so we could get good seats in the Lake Panic hide and watch the morning...

Jul 2017 30

Kruger Day 3

Africa, In Search of Wild Dogs, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Travel | 0 Comments | 5 min read

Skukuza Camp We said goodbye to Berg en Dal camp, and headed out at 6:00AM. Just beyond the camp we saw a black rhino. All of the other rhinos we had seen in the park were white rhinos, so we were very excited to see a black one. I was so thankful that the...

Jul 2017 29

Kruger Day 2

Africa, In Search of Wild Dogs, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Travel | 2 Comments | 4 min read

Berg en Dal Camp We heard the lion roar last night. When a lion roars the sound seems to fill the whole universe, it is my most favorite sound in the whole world. To hear it our first night in the park was totally wonderful. Yesterday we became...