After that awesome day around Mount Fuji, we caught the Shinkansen at Shinagawa Station down to Osaka for the next few nights. This time, our travel would be over lunch so we each picked up one of the famous Shinkansen bent boxes before boarding. There were about 12 varieties to pick from and everyone loved … Continue reading Destination Kansai
This will be a short post but it definitely deserves its own section. One place none of us had been was to the Mount Fuji area. The best way is to spend a few nights in one of the towns, but we didn't have enough time for that in the schedule. So we took a … Continue reading Fuji-san
Spring break is here… time for the final trip that had been booked long ago. And another repeat place on this trip - that's how much we like it 🙂 I can't start the trip report off without mentioning that this will be the first time for me on an intercontinental flight in economy class … Continue reading Let’s Tokyo!
So here we are in an eerily dark, too quiet Victoria Falls Airport. Normally ours would have been the last flight of the evening at 6:00 PM, but I was surprised they already had nearly all of the lights off at 8. Ellie enjoyed zooming around the empty terminal on her scooter suitcase. We chatted … Continue reading Sisi Ni Mashujaa
We had an overnight respite in Johannesburg for our next stop. Not much to mention as we stayed in a very comfortable guesthouse close to the airport, complete with a nice garden and a pool. And a cigarette machine in the bar! The following morning we were back at the airport on our way north. … Continue reading Mosi-oa-Tunya
A beautiful South African summer morning saw us arriving in Hoedspruit, a bit to the east of some very impressive mountains and canyons that warrant exploration on a future trip. The airport was great - disembarking onto the tarmac, which had gravel and grass very close to the plane. And a greenery lined walkway to … Continue reading Safari!
Since our trip to Australia, 2.5 months seems like a long time to be at home, so we’re making up for it with another trip very far away.We set off on a mild, dry and brown winter afternoon from Calgary - en route to South Africa with not only myself and Ellie, but my Mom … Continue reading The Mother City
After our stunning visit to Fraser Island, we had a relatively traffic free drive back to Brisbane from River Heads, in the dark, and then spent a short night at one of the airport hotels. Today we're doing a short flight down the coast to Newcastle. The first attraction is this Fokker F-100 that's going … Continue reading Heaps Fun in NSW
We had an early start for our last morning in Brisbane, and a 3.5 hour drive north to the village of River Heads, where we’ll leave the car. You see, we’re taking this ferry over to Fraser Island / K’Gari where we’ll stay for the next two nights. Today started out overcast as yesterday’s system … Continue reading K’gari – Paradise
Another year with the short November break from school, so again this year we’re headed somewhere very interesting (2023 - Brazil; 2024 - Japan). It’s an evening flight for us so no need to rush out from school and work. We had a little bite to eat at the Maple Leaf Lounge in the Calgary … Continue reading The Other Sunshine State
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