Welcome to Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal or Osanbashi Pier (大さん橋国際客船ターミナル, Ōsanbashi Kokusai Kyakusen Terminal) in Japanese. (in the photo above, you can see the waterfront Yamashita park area that runs along from the left of the pier and the Yokohama Marine Tower far left) Yokohama is a popular city just a short train ride from Tokyo. Cruise […]
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RSS feed for this sectionVisiting The Landmark Tower & Sky Garden in Yokohama Japan
When visiting Yokohama for the first time, there are many things that will grab your attention, no more so than the skyline of the city. Like many cities in the world with magnificent skylines, there are usually a few key places that stand out. Yokohama is no different. Immediately you will see the Yokohama Bay […]
Our Camino de Santiago – The Way of St James – Camino Frances, the French Way
Here you can find the day by day photo log from “Our Camino” in sequence as we document our way from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago and then onto Finisterre. Please note that all distances and above sea level amounts are gathered from books & websites, I have not measured the information myself […]
Norwegian Cruise Line Shore Excursions for St. Thomas, Tortola & Nassau
If you’re planning your next Norwegian Cruise and are looking to take part in some cruise ship shore excursions for St. Thomas, Tortola or Nassau then the information in this post might be useful. We have recently visited these three ports of call during our 7 night Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Escape and have […]
Day Trip to Ciudad Bolívar in Antioquia
Last year when we visited Medellin we managed to do a few trips out of the city to Jardin and Mariquita in Tolima. This year we have managed just the one so far, not because we didn’t want to do a bit more sight-seeing but Moni has been so busy of late with the launch […]
Liverpool FC Anfield Stadium Tour & Gerrard Collection 2015
When visiting Liverpool for the first time I just had to take a tour of the iconic Anfield Stadium the home to Liverpool football club. If you don’t have tickets to an EPL game or a Europa League match it would be the next best thing but lucky for me I had secured matchday […]
My First Time At Anfield – Europa League – Liverpool Versus Rubin Kazan
If you have read my story on how to buy a Liverpool FC EPL matchday ticket then you know how I spent two hours online waiting to get the very last ticket to see Liverpool v Southampton. The weeks went past and I planed my day in Anfield Liverpool to the max, I booked a […]
Our Camino – Day 49, Resting in Santiago
Our Camino – Day 49, Resting in Santiago – 0 Kms Day 49 of Our Camino Day 574 – September 26th, 2015.
Our Camino – Day 37, Rest Day in Ponferrada
Our Camino – Day 37, Rest day in Ponferrada – 0 Kms Day 37 of Our Camino Day 562 – September 14th, 2015.
Our Camino – Day 30, Rest Day in León
Our Camino – Day 30, Rest day in León – Kms Day 30 of Our Camino Day 555 – September 7th, 2015.