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Nov. 2nd: From Kobe we sailed to Hiroshima arriving by 8:00 a.m. which gave us a full day to tour (the ship departed at 6:00 p.m.). We last visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Museum in 2002 (cruise stop). The Park was as we remembered but the Peace Memorial Museum had undergone two majorContinue reading “Hiroshima Japan”

We boarded the Oceania Regatta on October 29th for a 16-day East Asia cruise. Regatta is one of Oceania’s smaller ships with only 670 passengers – it was fully booked for this cruise. This was our 5th cruise with Oceania but our first cruise in over 5 years. I posted our original itinerary in myContinue reading “First ports on our East Asia cruise”

As I mentioned in my previous post, we travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto on October 26th and returned to Tokyo on October 27th. The distance between the two cities is approximately 450 km (280 miles) and it takes 2 hours and 15 minutes by the Shinkansen, Japan’s high speed bullet train. The bullet trains are operated by JapanContinue reading “Our Time in Kyoto”

We had a very active trip with little downtime, and also we had poor internet on the ship, so I had to wait until we got home to start our trip posts. Our first post is below – more to follow. After a very long journey, we arrived in Tokyo at 7:00 a.m. on OctoberContinue reading “Toyko – Beginning of our Adventure”

On October 22nd we will fly to Tokyo via London. After 21 hours in the air and a 3 hour layover in London, we are scheduled to arrive in Tokyo at 7:00 a.m. on October 24th. We will be spending 3 days in Tokyo and 2 days in Kyoto before boarding the Oceania Regatta cruiseContinue reading “Our East Asian Adventure”

We spent our last two weeks in South Africa in Franschhoek. We rented De Villiers House, the same Airbnb as last year. We love the outdoor space, the well equipped kitchen, the very comfortable bed and the proximity to town. There are so many wonderful wineries in the Franschhoek and Stellenbosch area, both for foodContinue reading “Last Stop – Franschhoek”

We left Wilderness on March 11th after spending 18 days there. As mentioned in previous posts, this is a wonderful location as it is close to the beach, restaurants and activities. The photos below are from our last weeks in the Wilderness area. On the way to lunch one day, Deb drove us along aContinue reading “Final Week in Wilderness”

A couple of years ago we arranged with John from Wilderness Express to take us to Fynboshoek Cheese Farm for lunch (its about 2 1/2 hours from Wilderness). John included a tour on the way to/from Fynboshoek which we really enjoyed; so this year we decided to use John again. Deb came with us, whichContinue reading “So many things to do in Wilderness area”

This is our third year at Wilderness Waters and once again it is turning out to be a perfect location for us. It is a short walk to the beach, the grocery store, the pharmacy and restaurants. Our apartment has everything we need, including a dishwasher and washer/dryer. Deb and Lauchlyn have a smaller apartmentContinue reading “Enjoying our Time in Wilderness”

Once we left Hout Bay, our luggage had to travel with us. It was a very tight fit – but we made it. On our way to Paternoster, we stopped for lunch at the Vineyard Hotel. Situated on the banks of the Liesbeek River in Newlands (a suburb of Cape Town), the hotel has beautifulContinue reading “Vineyard Hotel in Newlands, Paternoster and Robertson”