ALL THE WONDERS OF NARA-KOEN IN ONE DAY Our mission today: to explore as much of Nara-koen (i.e. Nara Park) as we could in 1 day. We didn’t quite get around all 502 hectares of it, but we certainly saw some of the major highlights of this historical […]
TODAY WE STUMBLED ACROSS THE HANAKEUSHIKI FESTIVAL IN YOSHINO Being Sunday, Nara-shi was really busy today. So, rather than fight with the crowds of tourists and local picnickers, we decided to go out of town and visit the tiny hamlet of Yoshino instead. This small village is perched […]
TOKYO’S TEMPLES, SHRINES & CEMETERIES It seems the sunny spring weather we ordered went astray…. We woke this morning to cloudy skies, drizzle and temperatures barely above freezing (it was exactly 4 degrees Celsius here this morning). Seems a large front of cold, wet weather has just […]
Exploring the temples of Luxor’s East bank We had a marvellous day in Luxor exploring the magnificent Temple of Karnak. Built some 3,000-4,000 years ago, this immense complex was Egypt’s mmost important centre of worship during the years of the New Kingdom. For almost 1,500 years every pharaoh […]
Luxor’s West Bank In ancient Egyptian culture life followed the course of 2 constants: the sun and the River Nile. It makes sense therefore that the West side of the Nile (where the sun was seen to “die” each day) was equated with death; while the East side […]
Wandering Soles 