Archive for the ‘Random’ Category
Nagasaki By Night
The night was young, so we jumped on the tram and ventured out to the ropeway (cable car) to take us to the top of one of Nagaski’s surrounding mountains. (It is surrounded by mountains on 3 sides of the city). While the ride up there wasn’t anything special, it only took about 6 or [...]
Trains, Planes & Automobiles
Do trams count as trains? And buses as automobiles? Because if so, my title is correct, if not, don’t question me! Friday was the day we began making our journey down the the Southern island of Japan, Kyushu. Up early again, (seems to be a regular occurrence, not bad for two jobless bums!) we had [...]
Time for a Change
The past few days have been busy, busy, busy with helping Belinda pack up her life of the last 2 years into boxes and suitcases. This was no easy task, as in that time anyone can accumulate a large amount of belongings. Luckily for Belinda, some of her friends were glad (when I say glad [...]
King of the Castle
An even earlier start today, this time at 4.30am, after only getting to sleep at 2.30am! We again made our way out to Zenkoji Temple, but again unfortunately we didn’t get to see the monks and their morning again, but we did see them drinking tea… Yosh. Totally worth it, ha! We were there before [...]
The Morning After…
You’d think after the long weekend at Fuji Rock we would be asleep through to the night, but if you thought that, you’d be wrong! After getting home at midnight from Fuji Rock, we were again up at quarter to 5, the next morning to go to Zenkoji Temple, tired as hell and a whole [...]