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    Hitachinaka

    ByRobin

    Arrived at 08:00am on a windy overcast morning. And temperature around 16C. Hitachinaka Kaihia Koen in the Ibaraki prefecture developed primarily as a company town for Hitachi group factories, and Hitachi remains the primary employer. Secondary industries include commercial fishing, agriculture and seasonal tourism. Hitachinaka was formed when Nakaminato and and Kasuta merged in 1994….

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    Hakodate

    ByRobin

    Arrived at Hakodate around 7:00am on a clear, sunny morning with temperature around 14C. It continued fine all day although windy and up to 20C in the afternoon. Hakodate is a city and port and the capital of Oshima Subprefecture on the northern island of Hokkaido. The city has an estimated population of 250,000 and…

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    Bermuda

    ByRobin

    Arrived at Dockyard Bermuda in very windy conditions at 4pm on the 4th. Met for our tour of the Islands at 8:30am on Wednesday 5th. Eighteen of us boarded a small minibus with our guide Jevon who was very informative about life on the Island. We headed out from Dockyard along the narrow, winding road…

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    Yokohama-Shi

    ByRobin

    An overcast but dry morning in Yokohama. Temperature up around 24C today. Yokohama is the 2nd largest city in Japan with a population of 3.7 million. It is the largest port city and high tech industrial hub in the Greater Tokyo Area and the Kantō region. The city proper is headquarters to companies such as…

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    Dubrovnik

    ByRobin

    Arrived in Dubrovnik, Croatia around 7am. Dubrovnik is on the Dalmation coast in southern Croatia. A warm, sunny day with temperatures reaching 19C. Todays tour was north, out to the Neretva river delta. A small group of only 13 and our guide was Sanja, a local woman. Boarded our bus and headed along the coast…