Monday, March 28, 2005

Itinerary

14-Apr-05 Thurs 1:50 AM Leave Vancouver via Taipei, Taiwan EVA Air Window Row 48 H&J (config is 3-4-3) Taipei to Kansai airport (Osaka) Window/aisle Row 29 H&K (config) 2-2
15-Apr-05 Fri 12:00 PM Arrive Osaka / Kyoto 18 hours total
Kansei Airport to Kyoto hotel - MK Sky Gate Shuttle
15-Apr-05 New Miyako Hotel Kyoto http://www.miyakohotels.ne.jp/newmiyako/english/
16-Apr-05 Sat New Miyako Hotel Nara / Kobe ? Day 1 railpass
17-Apr-05 Sun New Miyako Hotel Day 2 railpass
18-Apr-05 Bullet train to Tokyo Day 3 railpass
18-Apr-05 Mon Hotel Asia Center of Japan, Akasaka Tokyo http://www.asiacenter.or.jp/topeng.htm
19-Apr-05 Tue Hotel Asia Center of Japan, Akasaka - Mt Fuji? Day 4 railpass
20-Apr-05 Wed Hotel Asia Center of Japan, Akasaka Day 5 railpass
21-Apr-05 Bullet train to Osaka/Kyoto Kyoto Day 6 railpass
21-Apr-05 Thu New Miyako Hotel Kyoto
22-Apr-05 Fri New Miyako Hotel - Hiroshima - Day 7 railpass
23-Apr-05 Sat 12:00 PM Embark Sapphire Princess - Osaka - Arrange transportation Kyoto to Osaka port
24-Apr-05 Sun At sea
25-Apr-05 Mon Nagasaki, Japan 7:00am-6:00pm
26-Apr-05 Tue Pusan, South Korea 8:00am-5:00pm
27-Apr-05 Wed At sea
28-Apr-05 Thu Vladivostok, Russia 5:00am-7:30pm
29-Apr-05 Fri At sea
30-Apr-05 Sat Sapporo (Muroran), Japan 6:00am-6:00pm
1-May-05 Sun At sea
2-May-05 Mon At sea
3-May-05 Tue At sea
4-May-05 Wed Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands 2:30pm-7:00pm
5-May-05 Thu At sea
6-May-05 Fri Seward (Anchorage), Alaska 8:00am-6:00pm
7-May-05 Sat College Fjord cruising 6:30am-9:30am
8-May-05 Sun Glacier Bay cruising 10:30am-8:30pm
9-May-05 Mon Juneau, Alaska 6:00am-2:00pm
10-May-05 Tue At sea
11-May-05 Wed 7:00 AM Seattle, Washington - Tracey will pick us up at Terminal 30
www.portseattle.org/about/maps/terminal30cruise.shtml

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Sunday, March 27, 2005

Administering the details

Our Japan sojourn beckons. It's getting closer. Have to look after the details now. Today, I emailed to reserve a pickup service from Kansai Airport to our hotel in Kyoto. I hope I get a response, not like the APA Hotel who consistently ignored my emails. I don't think that English was spoken much.

As far as money goes, I think I'll buy about 30,000 yen here before we go and take US cash & travellers' cheques and Cdn cash & travellers' cheques.

I'd still like to arrange to have 'tea' in a private home - Kyoto I think would be best. The tea ceremony fascinates me and I'd love to experience it the way it's practiced as a daily routine. I have a phone number that I can call when we get there to see if it's possible.


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