Japan Taking local trains between Toyama and Niigata
It's easy to take the Shinkansen or a limited express train when travelling between Toyama and Niigata, but we decided t...
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Japan Koriyama to Utsunomiya on local trains again
It was time for another half day of local trains from Koriyama to Utsunomiya. We took three different local trains to co...
Japan How to spend a day in Koriyama
It's safe to say that Koriyama is not on the tourist trail probably because there are no stand out things to visit! We s...
Japan What to do in Toyoma
It's safe to say that Toyama is not a major tourist destination, but everywhere for me is interesting in Japan and there...
Japan Tokyo to Kanazawa by Shinkansen and sightseeing
Kanazawa is the capital if Ishikawa Prefecture and holds many wooden Edo period buildings, a fine castle, shrines and th...
Japan Overnight trip to Kamakura
Kamakura used to be the capital and makes for a great day trip from Tokyo or you can stay and enjoy the place for a coup...
Japan Visiting Tsukiji Market and Meiji Shrine
Visiting Tsukiji Market is a great place to visit and eat fresh seafood. After Tsukiji Market we took the Metro to Yoyog...
Dubai How we travelled from Georgia to Dubai and on to Japan
We used Aeroplan 55,000 points each to fly from Georgia to Japan, including 5,000 points for us to stopover 4 nights in ...
Sharjah A day in Sharjah
Sharjah is just a short journey from Dubai and it's easy to get there using public transport from Dubai. Although we onl...
Dubai What to do in a day in Dubai?
We came to Dubai to spend four nights/three days with my nephew who lives here and my sister who was visiting. They were...