Club Med Sahoro-Hokkaido 2024 (part 2)

You’ll never guess…….. Day 6……… yes I skied! When I drew the curtains to find a huge fresh dump of snow (something like 18cm) and our last day was to be powder, powder and more powder, what could I do? I had to try it. The snowshoe idea went out the window and I was […]

Club Med Sahoro-Hokkaido 2024

Something very strange has happened to me…….I think I actually like skiing! At the beginning of the week I told the family I would hire skis for two days and then snowshoe. Today is day five, I still have the skis and I’ve been skiing all day, everyday! It seems the key has been to […]

Sahoro-Hokkaido bloopers

As you can imagine, I am not short on material for a bloopers blog. Skiing, especially when I am involved, can be rather entertaining. The first two bloopers however are more related to the extreme exhaustion that travel and skiing lead to. 1. I’m at a different train station Bless her little heart, when we […]

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Tokyo bloopers

As we travel to our next destination and following on from my Sydney bloopers blog, I will share with you some of our funnier moments in Tokyo. As you can imagine, there is much we didn’t understand having zero concept of the language. The most we knew; Konnichiwa (Hello) and Arigatou (Thank you). As far […]

Shibuya scramble, Scottish folds and Sumo

After absorbing Taka’s pointers, on day two the Travel Bees felt confident to use Tokyo public transport. We set off after another convenience store breakfast and headed to the famous Shibuya scramble crossing. Seen in many photos of Tokyo, this crossing surrounded by high rises and bright lights, involves stopping traffic in all directions while […]

Tokyo by Taka

For our first full day in Tokyo I decided to employee the services of a private tour guide through Get your guide. I had been researching for weeks and just couldn’t get my head around the city. It has many many layers; ground level, subway level, road tunnels, train tunnels, rivers and waterways, not to […]

A travel day and a Tokyo night

Long haul flights are never much fun. The first time I visited Japan, I naively thought that it wasn’t that far away. After my European travels it would seem quick and painless. I was sadly mistaken. In reality, it is a very long day. There’s the drive from Busselton to Perth, the time spent waiting […]

Travel Bee packing tips

The vacuum bag: These are a god send, particularly for winter holidays. With the Travel Bee’s departing for Japan in seven days, the bags are out and the ski gear looks huge. But, with the help of these nifty little bags it now only takes up one quarter of a 66cm case (per person). That’s […]

Sydney bloopers!

Sometimes things don’t go according to plan. Whilst I consider myself an experienced traveller, I still make mistakes. It’s good when you are travelling with someone that can help you see the funny side. That’s my Master 16! 1. While trying to feed two recently arrived, weary and hangry travellers (after midnight) I managed to […]