Arrived at New York JFK airport 9:30pm on Oct 31st. At the Kimberly Hotel E50th in Manhattan by 11pm. Next morning moved to the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on Madison Ave. Weather clear skies with temperature around 14C. In the afternoon walked the nearby streets and visited St Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, 5th Avenue, Broadway. Everywhere was very busy.
Arrived Willemstad the capital of Curacao around 2:30pm. This is an island country within the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean about 50 miles off the coast of Venezuela. A small relatively flat island with a population of around 180,000. A dry climate with little rain which is reflected in the terrain, with low brush and…
Arrived at Kotor, Montenegro around 8am having negotiated the channel into the bay. A very mountainous region on a rainy morning. Kotor (Cattaro) is in the southern region of Montenegro (Crna Gora) on the Balkan peninsula. Montenegro is about 85% mountains with a population around 630,000. The capital is Podgorica which is in the interior….
Awoke this morning to heavy rain as forecast, so did not go out early. Eventually braved the weather and headed out around 10:30am for a shopping expedition to Ginza. A short walk took us to Iidabashi station where we caught our metro train on the Tozai line. 4 stops later we got off at Nihombashi…
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Departed Vancouver for Tokyo around 4:45pm on Tuesday April 28th 2026. Flying on ANA (All Nippon Airways) Boeing 787-9. An uneventful flight saw us arrive at Haneda Airport, terminal 3 just before 7pm on Wednesday April 29th. Immigration was quick with no waiting as we had done our pre-clearance online. Luggage was retrieved quickly and…