And it’s at this point, folks, that we really begin debunking the notion that Hughesy is, or was, travel-averse.
That’s not to suggest there wasn’t a certain amount of apprehension when you’re looking at a couple of weeks in an environment with no immediate prospect of escape if you don’t ilke what’s going down, but from the moment we touched down at Kansai International, as the following travelogue shows, I had a great time, and would have happily headed back at any time in the period between arriving back Down Under and the next excursion in that direction (earthquakes, tsunamis and aftershocks notwithstanding)..
The itinerary
Tuesday, 1 April Bowen > Townsville
Wednesday, 2 April Townsville > Cairns
Thursday, 3 April Cairns > Kobe
Friday, 4 April Kobe > Osaka > Kobe
Saturday, 5 April Kobe > Himeji > Kobe
Sunday, 6 April Kobe > Kyoto > Kobe
Monday, 7 April Kobe > Kanazawa
Tuesday, 8 April Kanazawa > Takayama
Wednesday, 9 April Takayama > Nagoya
Thursday, 10 April Nagoya > Hakone
Friday, 11 April Hakone > Tokyo > Kitakami
Saturday, 12 April Kitakami
Sunday, 13 April Kitakami > Tokyo > Kobe
Monday, 14 April Kobe
Tuesday, 15 April Kobe > Kyoto
Wednesday 16 April Kyoto > Nara
Thursday 17 April Nara > Kobe
Friday 18 April Kobe > Southport