The second excursion of our trip was to visit the sea caves of Phang Nga Bay. For this trip we booked with John Gray’s Sea Canoe. John Gray first discovered the sea caves of Phang Nga Bay in 1989. Phang Nga Bay is located north east of Phuket. Again, a round trip transfer was included […]
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Phi Phi (pronounced PP) Island is a group of islands (Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Ley) off the south east coast of Phuket. They became a very popular tourist destination after the filming of “The Beach” in 2000 with Leonardo DiCaprio. We went on a tour of the islands that included a round trip […]
Sunday afternoon Dave and I went to the Tokyo Christmas Market. We had heard it was better than the Red Brick Christmas Market we went to in Yokohama. It was a beautiful afternoon and we thought it would be a fun and festive way to enjoy the sunshine. Here was our route. We met in […]
Ramen is a Japanese staple dish. It is served in a large bowl with copious amounts of thin curly noodles and a pork or fish broth. The dish includes toppings such as sliced pork (chashu), dried seaweed (nori), a boiled egg (tamago), marinated bamboo shoots (menma), processed fish cakes (kamaboko) and green onions (negi). A […]
The “flower arranging” group I joined, Ikebana, had a field trip today to visit the Kimono Museum after being dressed by local Japanese ladies in a kimono. This was my first time taking the train to Tokyo and I was happy to be apart of a big group. We switched trains at Yokohama. From there […]
We arrived at Narita Airport on Sunday 7/31/16 at 2:00pm. We left Honolulu, HI on 7/30/16 at 11:00am. The flight was 8 hours long with a 27 hour time lapse because we crossed the International Date Line. After arriving, our drive to the Naval Base took about two hours. Here are a couple of pictures […]