I gathered together these strands of blogposts of one of the most enjoyable travel experiences I had. They were all over the place in my blog. I had intended to put them together in one blogpost but never did because I was too occupied with pastoral work. Now that I have retired, I remembered that […]
We toured Japan free and easy from 26 October to 7 November 2016. Travel free and easy is always cheaper and more fun. On average each person spent about SGD$2,800 (food/accomodation and transport – minus shopping) Day 1: Nagoya Day 2: Magome-Tsumago Trail Day 3: Narai- Shiogiri Day 4: Wasabi Farm & Apple Orchard Day 5: Tateyama […]
Monday, 31 October 2016: The grandeur and beauty of the Japanese Alpine route is impressive. I supposed any other scenery from hence would be an anticlimax. From Tateyama we went to visit the nearby Kurobe Gorge still in the northern part of the Japanese Alps. There is a railway that operates along the scenic gorge […]
We packed our backpack for a night’s stay in the Tateyama Hotel. Our main luggage would be forwarded to Toyama by takkyubin, a delivery service. We did not want to tow our bulky, heavy luggage along the Alpine route. That would be too cumbersome. We were taking several modes of transport and doing lots […]