Category: Tokyo to Singapore 2023

A few more observations of names that may and may not translate well, and one or two that just appealed to my pc-oblivious inner ten-year old…

Ever had a dream of a long, lazy, comfortable train journey. Nothing to do but gaze out of the window at the ever evolving scenery, admire the glorious weather – sun falling and rising, read, doze, eat and have that enforced permission to do nothing? Maybe? Maybe not?….. Vietnam is a very long country and…

This one is clearly ‘what you see is what you get’… “Sister wine”? Specialises in prosecco?? Part of a chain of coffee shops I think this might already be on sale in UK under a different name….

Took a Tuktuk from hotel to Mey Hong bus depot for 6 hour bus journey (maybe give or take an hour of so?). Heading out from Phnom Penh took a while but we are now getting rural! Somewhat wet as there has been a lot of rain but apparently now beginning to come out of…

Well, three weeks in and about to experience our third country. Thank you Korea, for an illuminating, educational and fun time. Cambodia here we come. Hopefully many great experiences ahead and hoping for fruit and veg in abundance!!! Leaving Korea as we arrived – in the rain.

At the festival of Chuseok people return to families, often bearing gifts. We’ve seen many boxed up gifts on sale – fruit platters, cakes, sweets etc, but these took us by suprise…

Definitely a theme of dodgy weather when travelling 😂 Dodgy tv too!

Our last day in Tokyo was actually a trip out of Tokyo. Using JR passes, which pretty much allow you to travel on all rail and bus networks in Japan, we had our first ever experience of a bullet train. Speedometer shows the speed at a snapshot, but it did go a little higher. Scenery…