The unrelenting downpour
13 March 2014
The rain did indeed come as predicted. I think its only supposed to last today. It never stopped raining, but then never rained hard either. Still....
Night temple
12 March 2014
I was surprised to find that some of the temples and surrounding gardens are open at night. By open I mean, you can walk all around the buildings ....
Deer overload
12 March 2014
Today I went to Nara, one of the top tourist cities in all of Japan. It is a much bigger city than I realised, I discovered this once on top of a ....
Ancient dune buggy street
31 March 2013
Listed as a tourist attraction is the ancient pottery street called Ci Qi Kou. I expected this to be a modern re creation of an ancient street wit....
Temple of Heaven
11 November 2011
Might as well keep going to tourist attractions. Actually apparently it gets very busy on weekends at the major tourist sites, so you might get 2 ....
Home visit
15 December 2005
We now get to go to Vaigunths house! and also his Aunties, which are both basically adjoining the temple. Vaigunths house is new and he hasnt move....
Visiting a temple
15 December 2005
A more relaxed day in the morning, but in the afternoon the realisation that there will be very little time tomorrow results in a flood of questio....
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