Hello friends, family, and fellow travelers! Steve (Uno) here agin. If you’ve noticed the blog has been a bit quiet lately, it’s because we’ve been recovering from our incredible Tokyo trip back in April, and have actually stayed quite busy…
Happy 250th Birthday America!
Yes, July 4, 2026 the United States was officially 250 years old, marking the “Semiquincentennial” celebration of our country! It really didn’t seem so long ago that we were celebrating out “Bicentennial”, back in 1976, when I was in Jr.…
Flight Home From Tokyo on a ANA Airlines 787!
Well it’s been over a month since I did my last post, where we were on our last day in Tokyo. Since we have gotten home to Orlando, we’ve been extremely busy, as well as needed a few days to…
Our Last Day In Japan and Re-united With My Lost Clothes!
Our early morning began with us vacating our Diamond Princess cabin around 8:15am and heading to breakfast. As we figured the Buffet area would be packed with people, we headed to the one Main Dining Room that was serving breakfast.…
Our Japan Cruise on the Diamond Princess Comes to an End!
On our last post, we had just returned from the last shore excursion of our 11 night Diamond Princess Cruise. Initially we were disappointed we didn’t get to see Mt. Fuji on the tour, or the cruise for that matter,…
Touring Kyoto Japan in a Day!
Of all the stops on this 11 night Diamond Princess Cruise, Kyoto was billed as the highlight, “must-see stop”, and I knew before going this would be a long and busy day. What I wasn’t expecting was it to be…
Nagasaki, Japan: Next stop on the Diamond Princess!
Our next port stop on our 11 night Japan cruise was at Nagasaki; home of the 2nd and hopefully last Atomic Bomb bomb to be dropped in this world. The Atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945,…
Onward to Busan, South Korea on the Diamond Princess!
The next port stop on our 11 night Diamond Princess Cruise, was Busan, South Korea. We didn’t know much about Busan before we went there, figuring it was a small (possibly dumpy) cursory stop for Japanese cruises sailing around Japan,…
Hiroshima Japan: A Solemn Reminder of Peace Thru War.
Growing up in elementary school in Virginia in the late 1960s, in the innocence of my youth, I didn’t realize it then, but we were going through a world changing time in history; the Apollo Mission to the Moon, the…
Welcome Aboard the Diamond Princess!
Our traveling group of four, checked out of the Hyatt Regency Yokohama around 10:30am on Saturday, all of us exited to be sailing on The Diamond Princess! A friendly Japanese hotel guest spotted us in the lobby struggling with all…