A super quiet and comfortable sleep at the Hotel Ohana (not be confused with the Hostel Ohana, which our taxi driver the first night brought us to - on the opposite side of town, a whole 4 minutes away!). Rapa Nui is not really in the correct time zone for its longitude, so sunrise and … Continue reading Caves and a Birdman
We had a restful night in Providencia and were once again back at the airport. I'd originally booked a flight at 9:10 am, so not too early, but the flight times were changed since then and we were bumped to an 8:15 flight. I never confirmed the change, and on certain days of the week, … Continue reading Rapa Nui – the most isolated place
We had a very interesting trip to the park gate. When we were doing final checkout, there was a woman at the other counter frantically speaking to someone on the phone about cards and payment issues and how she was stuck down here in Brazil and they'd left her floundering. Didn't think much of it, … Continue reading City of the Island Hills
A little sleep in after our late night brought us to pleasant weather after breakfast. I popped out for a last look at the immensely grand Avenida 9 de Julio while we waited for an Uber to bring us to the city airport, Jorge Newbery Aeroparque. I guess the craziness that I experienced here last … Continue reading Big Water
Uncharacteristically, today we're heading out right after work and school instead of in the evening. My colleague Frank drove us to the airport on a nice spring day. No meal service on our flight to Denver so Ellie had airport sushi (cucumber rolls) and boba. She approved. It was nice to see that Aspire and … Continue reading Buenos Aires – v2.0
Well, here we are at our final Shinkansen journey of this trip, in Kyoto Station. Now that we had one of our big luggages with us, the Green Car was indispensable as there is a ton of overhead space for luggage and no need to worry about reserving seats that have access to a luggage … Continue reading The End of Our Awesome Trip
We had a few minutes short walk in the rain from the ferry terminal in Miyajimaguchi to the railway station. We caught a local train that would bring us to Hiroshima Station. Hiroshima Station was beneath a large shopping centre, just like the bus terminal. On one of the upper floors (maybe it was the … Continue reading Welcome to Kansai
After our quick stay in Hiroshima we're on the move again. Today we are going to Miyajima island, which is about an hour away. One thing that I forgot to mention in the previous post is that the morning we left Tokyo, I brought one of our two big luggages to the hotel we were … Continue reading Shrine Island
Another gorgeous morning from up above Shinjuku…the weather is really cooperating for us! We had a quick peek at the food hall that was in the mezzanine level of the building that housed or hotel. Looked like some interesting options. A look at our Kabukicho Tower from the plaza below. These sort of establishments were … Continue reading Last Day in Tokyo…and Onwards
After a solid sleep but another early morning - we headed out on the streets of Kabukicho which were much quieter on this Sunday morning before 7. It was such a contrast from the rest of the day and night. And went into Don Quijote for Ellie to do some shopping while it was still … Continue reading We Found Our Way To Tokyo !
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