Welcome to Nagoya. After a 45 min train ride from Kyoto we planted our feet in Nagoya. Jill and Yuki have parted from us for 2 days while they visit some of Yukis family and relativesso we'll meet up with them in Tokyo.And then there were 4. We found our hotel quite easily as its a 5 min walk from the train station. Our rooms weren't ready yet and there wasn't really enough time to do anything w

Gary has been back at the vet today.It has been a tough week with him administering his drops 9 times a day and having to spend every night with him in our bed sleeping between us. He is funny though he took himself off to bed on his own last night when we got through there he was lying in his chosen patch in the middle with his head on the pillow waiting for us Rob and I are not sleeping grea

From Dubai we did a short sidetrip of one week to Oman. Short but enough to see some highlights and get a taste of a country we probably would never visit otherwise.Oman is a wealthy country with a high living standard and is still a very traditional muslim country all men wear white jalabah's with traditional hats and the woman are dressed in black clothes with veils or burka's. Small mosks c

Cockroaches are the most abundant pets causing destruction too many large tangible assets and to an extent perishable commodities. Only if the perishable commodities are kept away from the cockroach then will they stop harming human health. They are also called as water bugs cloton bugs or palmetto bugs which are ruining fabrics book bindings and food. They have an oily liquid which has filthy

20 Things to do in Thailand While Thailand is justly famous for its wealth of Buddhist temples the holiest of holies is the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok. If yoursquore looking for another taste of Thai culture seasoned with tradition take a cooking class in a fivestar hotel or take in a classical theatre performance at a renovated artdeco theatre in the capital.Lovers of sports

12th May rsquo09Itrsquos the little things that make us laugh in life. Yesterday I witnessed a spherical chap order a Diet Coke with a LARGE bag of chips. Continuing in a comical vein I thought Irsquod include a brief behindthescenes anecdote from my private life a predicament that simply brightened my day. Let me introduce my pal Eunuch once grappling with asexuality but now showing

hiMy Fiance and i are going travelling for 6 months for our honeymoon which we are just so excited about.We need some help on a route around Asia.we are flying into Singapore around the end of Jan and flying out of Bangkok and have 2.5 months to see as much as possible. We ideally want to do Malyasia Cambodia Vietnam and Thailland.can anyone suggest a route and what are the must see sights and

Written February 1 2010 Published February 12 2004I arrived at the Kuwait City airport shortly after midnight on Monday February 1 after leaving Minneapolis on Friday evening. The process for getting a transit visa to be driven from Kuwait to Saudi Arabia is much more timeintensive than arriving in Bahrain. However the client nicely made arrangements for the visa to be waiting upon arrival

HelloI will be in Lisbon at the end of February and I would like to rent a bike to get around. Does anyone know of a good bike rental company in Lisbon Is it a good city to get around by bike Also does anyone have suggestions for good restaurants but not so expensive onesThank you

Zu allererst unser traumatisches Erlebnis der letzten Woche haben wir noch gar nicht erwhnt der Schock sa wahrscheinlich noch zu tief. Wir saen zu dritt frhlich singend im Auto und sind auf einen Kreisverkehr zu gefahren. Auf einmal KABOOM rast ein weies Auto gerade ber den Kreisel knapp an einem Baum vorbei in eine Mauerhellip Bordsteinkanten Schilder Pflanzen alles k

Day 5 Train JodhpurI woke up suddenly at 0200 to the sound of running screaming and panic. I sat up quickly to see 3 men running down the carriage screaming. I was in that state of mind where yoursquove been wrenched out of sleep due to the evolutionary instinct of the possibility of danger after the 3 men had run through to the next carriage I concentrated hard on my hearing to see if th

Allora this is my first blog entry from a foreign country. I'm in Genoa Italy from where tomorrow I'll be taking the ferry to Tunisia. The sun is shining but it's bitterly cold made worse by the strong winds. To get this far I have already visited six countries and used eight modes of transport.The journey to Milan gave me a fantastic insight into the life of lorry drivers. We left a day l

5210 Fri we decided to do some sightseeing at Rockingham we booked the car in for a Gas Service next Tuesday then we headed out to see Peron point Mangle Bay Shoalwater Bay. It was nice with lots of secluded beaches places you could snorkel swim fish take the dogs. We will go back there one day take a picnic lunch. The Naval Base is out in the bay with a big bridge over to the is

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Making use of the free internet while i can as heading into deepist darkest Thailand soon.Went to a real thai market which will give me nightmares for a while will try to download a video clip of a bucket of toads ready to be boiled Ive had pork knuckle soup and deep fired chicken knee so far im literally dreaming about a simple spag bol. Finally got the hang of riding a Tuk Tuk.....hold on

http://www.ArcoProperties.comThinking about travelling to Panama on Carnivals like the Scouts youd better be prepared consider this1. Take clothing you dont care about. If you dont have it youll be able to probably dress up with 5 clothing in Panama Salsipuedes or Central Avenue at Casco Viejo. 5 for both shirt and pants 1.99 on a pair of really cheap ndestroy flip flops. 2. Get your o

Thursday 11.2.210 day 120Thermal springsWe went to the Thermal springs today the water was so hot and felt so good it smells a bit due to the sulphur but it was very relaxing. Unfortunately there were some ignorant Italian men there who decide that they would divert all the water from our spring to threes so that we could not have any and they got all the water. As this was on public and everyone

Friday 12.2.210 day 121Bumming around SorianoaWe put the car in for a service today as we have done so many km and have a lot more to go before we sell it. We did our jobs sent some post and got some food from the local shops. It showed all day today so it was a good day to stay at home. It is our last day in our resort today so we hope it stops showing before we have to drive out tomorrow as we a

Even though we had sat on a boat all day upon arrival in Luang Prabang about all that we wanted to do was get something to eat and then sleep. I guess that is what happen when everyone has a hangover. About the only interesting thing at dinner was that I had Mekong Seaweed on my pizza. Technically if it comes from the river is it really seaweed Either way it was about as exciting to eat as r

For those of you that aren't Facebookers that made me tear up a little here's a link to my Facebook site that even you nonmembers should be able to view. I tend to add pictures more regularly there there are even some New Zealand ones upxoAmanda