Marrakesh
And so the journey comes to an end

And so the journey comes to an end

Our year-end trip to Morocco has finally come to an end. By the time we returned to Marrakesh from our excursion to Essaouira, it was already getting dark, and we were caught in traffic that...

An astonishing number of boats
Essaouira

An astonishing number of boats

We arrived in Essaouira, a port town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We parted ways with our driver, Youssuf, just before reaching the port, and went for a stroll. On this New…

Argan oil and goats
Essaouira

Argan oil and goats

In Marrakesh, Morocco, where the calendar is different, we celebrated the New Year without any festivities. Like the locals, we calmly checked out of our riad. We loaded our luggage into the car…

astonishing blue
Zakynthos

Astonishing blue

After the Blue Caves in Zakynthos in Greece, our tour headed for the famous Shipwreck Beach. Geographically, the Blue Caves are at the north end of the island and the Shipwreck Beach is…

Visiting Sami people
Finland

Visiting Sami people

  Visiting Sami people’s house through travel agent was one of the highlights of our trip to Finland 2006. They showed us their colourful costumes and then let us wear their reindeer fur…

Sophia, towering into the sky
Bulgaria

Sophia, towering into the sky

 This is the statue of Sophia in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. According to my guide book, there used to be a statue of Lenin here, but removed in 1989. Now Sophia is…

miranda-friends
Udon of Kagawa
Miranda Friends

Udon of Kagawa

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Kagawa prefecture in Japan is famous for its Udon (kind of noodles prepared with flour of wheat). According to my Japanese friend, Udon that you can find...
shopping
a great time at the market in Urumchi
Shopping

a great time at the market in Urumchi

We went to Urumchi by bus from Turpan in China. Again the bus was a clunker and it took about 5 hours. On the way, I saw the scar from the flood...
airlines
JAL Japan Airlines
Airlines

JAL Japan Airlines

JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
food
Starters are main thing in Puglia
Food

Starters are main thing in Puglia

In Martina Franca in Puglia, southern Italy, we went to a restaurant called I Templari which we found online.I had forgotten that in Puglia, the main thing was the starter.Most of the...
hotels
Historical hotel
Hotels

Historical hotel

We stayed in the Seaside Hotel in Karatsu in Saga prefecture, Japan. This is the photo of the view from our room. The oldest member of our family who felt nostalgic about...
food
The first Tuscan foods for this holiday
Restaurants

The first Tuscan foods for this holiday

There are so many restaurants in Florence, Italy, that it is difficult to choose one. We thought about whether to go to the place where we went last time and we were sure...
food
Squid eggs, octopus innards, etc.
Food

Squid eggs, octopus innards, etc.

On Pellestrina, an island in the Veneto region of Italy, we walked around looking for a restaurant that we had been told was supposed to be open. This time, instead of going along the...
transports
Ferry port in Olbia
Transports

Ferry port in Olbia

I took an early ferry back to the mainland Italy.The view at the port in Olbia was wonderful with the rising sun behind the big ferries.People were agitated to get on the ferry...