It was Dani’s birthday today. She turned a lazy 28. Did you know that a 28-sided polygon is called an icosikaioctagon? This is the brief version of today because it is very late, we are both very tired, and tomorrow will be a huge day! Got up early and packed because we were moving to the […]
Read MoreBy Drew 19,178 Steps Taken – 9.97 kms walked 9 o’clock starts definitely help. It means that by 9:30 you have usually had some breakfast and are on the train making your way to whatever adventure has been planned for the day. Our group of 9 made our way towards Nara while the others went […]
Read More26,667 steps taken – 15.84 km travelled. After today, our group is complete! This morning we went to Arishiyama to ride the Scenic Railway and walk the Bamboo Groves. Although the areas are familiar from the last trip here, the experiences we had were completely new to us. We travelled to Arishiyama and booked our […]
Read More23,178 steps taken – 14.18 km travelled We’ve had a pretty lazy morning as we’ve been waiting for the rest of the crew to land. We spent the morning with Jed and Sue, eating food and shopping our way through Kyoto station, Diamaru and Don Quijote. Amy, Anthony, Tim, Chris and Joe arrived at about […]
Read More9,899 steps taken – 4,935km travelled. 4:30 am is really early. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! It turns out that getting cabs in Singapore is really, really easy when you have the right app. By 5:15 we had checked out and were well on our way to Singapore airport. It was a really quick […]
Read MoreI’m currently writing this entry 2 hours into a 9.5 hour flight, to try and pass some of the time. I’m by no means a bad flyer, as in I’m not afraid of it, I just have a problem with sitting still for this amount of time with mostly nothing but a set of headphones […]
Read More19,774 steps, 13.81 km travelled, 1 dog in a beanie, 1 banking problem, last night in Japan. Today was a fairly easy day for us! We had a little bit of an early morning, with Drew and myself plus Brad and Alysha, heading to the Studio Ghibli Museum. We’re both fans of the movie company, […]
Read MoreAs title suggests, today was a very slow day for us. We didn’t even break 10,000 steps! Drew and myself went to bed last night feeling quite ordinary, so decided to give todays activities a miss. To be honest I’m not really sure what was originally planned for today, but I knew I wanted a […]
Read MoreYesterday started like most busy days have on this trip; an early alarm, a rushed breakfast, cold weather and a walk to the train station. It was officially Disney day! Amy being Amy was on a mission, and was waiting for no one, so when Lobada was a little late down stairs, he was almost […]
Read MoreThe majority of our crew stayed up like the party animals we’re not last night, so our morning was much less crowded than usual. Chris, Sarma, Tim, Drew and myself went off to Tokyo tower this for beautiful views in the morning. We met downstairs at 10 and headed off to Shinjuku station right near […]
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