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135: Vrrooom…

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Picked up my car today from the Rental Company and it was quite nice to drive a car again after more than 4 months.
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134: Japan Photos

Friday, April 28th, 2006

I added a whole bunch of Japan Photos to Flickr.
It’s far from complete as at least half of the photos are still missing but it’s a start 😉

Currently added are pictures from:
Tokyo, Nikko, Chuzenji, Yumoto, Kamakura, Fuji Go-Ko, Takayama and Unzen.

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133: Kiwi Style

Thursday, April 27th, 2006
A quick "realtime" blog since I am sitting at the computer when I had this thought.. Clearly I'm not "In" with my current appearance as there seem to be loads and loads of Kiwi guys wearing beards :-) No, I won't ... [Continue reading this entry]

132: Japan Updates

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
While it rains in Christchurch I can spend some time updating my blogs (a mess right now), adding some details about my Japan trip and also send some pictures from Japan to flickr. Work goes slowly but that's expected;-) After a ... [Continue reading this entry]

112: Exploring Tokyo (Part 2)

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
On my third day in Tokyo (28/03/06) I went to another big Shrine called Meiji Jingu Shrine in the Shibuya District of Tokyo and also visited another area called Rappongi. Meiji Jungu Shrine farily new but popular with visitors nevertheless. " Meiji ... [Continue reading this entry]

111: Exploring Tokyo (Part 1)

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
This as many other blogs to come are post-Japan blogs because I could not blog when I was in Japan. I don't just want to skip these blog so I will spend some time in New Zealand to catchup with ... [Continue reading this entry]

131: New Zealand

Monday, April 24th, 2006
Arrived in New Zealand (Auckland to be precise) two days ago after a rather uncomfortable 10h flight from japan using Air New Zealand. Seats are very bad and little legroom .. but I survived;-) Right now I'm at the Airport to ... [Continue reading this entry]

130: Kyoto, Nara and Bye Bye Japan

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
I've only got a few minutes to write this so better type quick.. I think I stopped the last blog at Takamatsu. Since then I visited Okayama Castle and Gardens, Himeji castle, Koyo-En Gardens and a Mountain Temple Complex in the ... [Continue reading this entry]

110: Japan Thoughts (was “Tokyo Impressions”)

Saturday, April 15th, 2006
This is another old blog which I started when I was still in Tokyo but did not finish due to lack of internet access since then.. Its not very coherent because it was partly written when I just arrived and ... [Continue reading this entry]

128: Japan Costs

Friday, April 14th, 2006
I found this unposted blog which I wrote a while ago.. not much has changed since so just for the record a few thoughts on Japan Travel Costs... I think there must be some serious holes in my pockets cos my ... [Continue reading this entry]