We were so disappointed our bike tour was cancelled because of rain ... but it DID rain all day!!! Firstly we went the Imperial Palace .. splashing through the rain getting drenched!!! It is really pretty though!! Splashed back to Tokyo Station - that is so big!! Walked thru a million subways until we found the one we wanted ... made our way to Odaiba via monorail. Decided as its a wet, cold day we should visit a bath house!!! So Oedo Onsen Monogatari sounded pe...

Early start to the day from Sydney, short flight to the Gold Coast and 10 hours later we arrive in the Land of The Rising Sun!!! We navigate the airport and the train system (ok there was some assistance provided by the very friendly locals) and we arrived at our hotel in Asakusa. Exhausted!! Quick look out our window and there is the Senjo temple and 5 storied Pagoda right there beautifully lit up and way too tempting not to have a look before we collapse into...

Monday - Justines 50th Birthday celebration!Travelled by train from Hospeth to Goa which is a 8 hour trip but with India stretch time turned into 10 hours!! Finally the train pulled into Goa station and we jumped on our bus to Dwarka. After about an hour we turned off a main road onto a dirt track then a even rougher track into the jungle ... the bus stopped and very travel weary we wandered down the dusty track to .... paradise!!! Thatched bungalows to sleep in...

Good FridayTravelled from Mysore to Bangalore - 3 hour trip that took forever .. stopped by a mosque as you do on Good Friday in India then a Palace ... all good motoring along to Bangalore - yes Call Centre Paradise ... hmm dark clouds in the distance ... few drops then lots .. the horrendous traffic jam - India style ... Going nowhere quickly .. water flooding the roads ... sari wearing girls with plastic bags on their heads ... traffic chaos ... seriously stuc...

We travelled from the jungle back into the craziness of a big Indian City!! Back to sharing the roads with cows and goats and 2 million people!!! I love it... we had a tuk tuk driver who is Jassa's friend call Toseph who has the biggest stereo system and woofas in his tuk tuk so we were zooming down the old market streets with Shikara blasting .. felt like we were in a Bollywood movie!!! We visited the fruit stalls, meat area (ugh) and then the spice market!! Fa...