We arrived in Ao Nang from Phuket via a 3-hour private taxi transfer. Our driver from the previous day had been superb, so rather than taking the cheaper but less direct option of a bus and ferry transfer, we hired her services to drive us directly to our accommodation around […]
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Discovering the Magic of Kyoto III
On day four in the Kansai region, I took a day trip from Kyoto to Nara Deer Park. I had spent the last three days in the city visiting several shrines and temples, parks and forests, exploring Higashimaya Ward and attending a delightful tea ceremony. Now it was time to […]
Read MoreParadise Found: Exploring the Best of Phuket’s Sun, Sea, and Culture!
Mark and I arrived in Phuket, Thailand after a fairly long day of travel, which surprisingly, did not feel that long. We travelled on the 1 am Qatar Airways flight from Nairobi and arrived on the same calendar day at 7 pm local time in Phuket. Immigration procedures were swift […]
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My third day in Kyoto was just as magical as the second. Again, I began bright early, walking about 15 minutes to the train station to catch a direct train to Arashiayama. As you might have caught on from the first instalment of this series, I did a lot of […]
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A ride on the bullet train brought me from Odawara Station to Kyoto. This was yet another addition to a trip filled with several exciting moments. Taking a ride on the high-speed train (Shinkansen) was something I looked forward to during this trip to Japan. Long-time readers will know that […]
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