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 in Kusadasi, Turkey at 7am. This is a resort town on the Aegean coast. Population is about 180,000 with many foreigners who have bought houses here since the government relaxed restrictions on purchasing. An overcast day with a few showers and temp around 20C. Majority of the tours from here go to the nearby…
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A fine, sunny morning in Tokyo although windy with temperatures reaching about 27c this afternoon. 9:30am checked out of the Metropolitan Edmont hotel after our 3 day stay. Walked the 10 minutes to the Suidobashi overground station near the Dome, towing all of our luggage. Bought our tickets (620 yen each) for the trip to…
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An overcast cooler morning with temperatures around 17C overnight and then going up to 25C during the day when the sun came through. We headed back into town around 9am and explored some of the back streets with the interesting stores and galleries. My questions are why is it still Christmas here? (see photo of…
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….