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...

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…

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…

Malta

Crossing to Gozo by the ferry

I went over to Gozo, the sencond island of Malta.Before my travelling to Malta, I had read somewhere that there was a helicopter service between the islands.I was looking forward to it, but…

Canterbury

Trivia in Canterbury

During our walking tour in Canterbury in the south of England, after coming out from the Cathedral site, we walked in Palace Street. The most noticeable thing here is a building so…

England

Well made museum

Peel in Isle of Man is a quiet fishing town, but there is a well made fine museum called House of Manannan. Manannan is a sea god in Celtic myth, and…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Eat Italian food in Tokyo

This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
shopping
Shopping

Try to make a silver accessory

We originally planned to go to Jogasaki from Izu Atagawa in Japan, but because we noticed a leaflet of the silver studio “A&M”, we changed our tickets for Izu Kogen, while the...
airlines
Airlines

Swiss International Airlines

According to official we site, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) serves 69 destinations (winter schedule 2012/13) in 37 countries all over the world from its Zurich hub and the further Swiss international airports of Basel...
food
Food

Retsina wine in Santorini

Our hotel in Santorini in Greece had the exclusive terrace, so one night we decided to spend a quiet evening with a bottle of wine. Generally Santorini is expensive, but there are ordinary supermarkets with...
food
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...
food
Food

About the breakfast in Carmona

For this trip to Andalusia in Spain, none of the hotels had the breakfast included. We chose that way because Croissants and cappuccino are enough in the morning. For our first breakfast in...
transports
Transports

rickshaw ride in Yufuin

It was another fine day on our second day in Yufuin, the hot spring resort in Oita prefecture in Kyushu in Japan. The shuttle bus run by the accommodation took us to...