Japan


Day 2

The Shinkansen train travels up to 285 km an hour which makes it very exciting looking out the window and seeing everything rush by. We had a bento box for lunch that we bought at Osaka station before we got on the train. <pic> It was raining a lot when we got to Tokyo and [...]

Day 1

After around an hour we arrive at Osaka station and took the south exit from the station in search of our hotel. After a little uncertainty we saw the sign on the top of our hotel, the Umeda OS Hotel, in the distance and a short stroll later we were checked in. I had to [...]

Tech’d Up

My refurbished Macbook Pro 15.4″ laptop arrived yesterday and I found a nice cycling backpack at a Katmandu sale today which will hold it very comfortably while I drag it around Japan.

Serendipity Rocks!

I saw an advertisement from Jetstar for incredibly cheap airline tickets. I jumped online to have a look idly thinking I might book a long weekend for the family in Adelaide. Then I noticed the sale included some international fares and half an hour later I had bought return tickets from Sydney to Osaka for [...]