On arrival at terminal 2 in Singapore we had to get a shuttle bus over to terminal 3. So much walking. We had to put our watches forward 3 hours. We departed Singapore airport, flight to Sydney then caught the trail Emu Plains where Chari picked us up and drove us home.

This morning after brekky we leisurely showered and packed. After checking out we made our way into the station and caught the train to Hamamatsucho where we changed to the monorail to Haneda airport. We were early and waited at our departure gate, watching the plane before ours leave. The little men who had been servicing the plane lined up as it was being pushed out, bowed to the plane and then stood there waving goodbye. From there we caught the plane to Singa...

So, after brekky, it was decided that Tom would go to a museum, and I would stay in our hotel, resting my knee. Tom went to the National Museum of Nature and Science. It was the easiest one for him to get to alone. He found the museum labels of exhibits to be mostly in Japanese, and the narratives on audios to be totally in Japanese, but he enjoyed the exhibits themselves. Tom was astounded on the way to be confronted by a Japanese Buddhist monk who gave him a re...

After our brekky today we readied ourselves and set off for Tokyo Disney Sea. This involved going into the station and finding the Keiyo Line. This involved 3 sets of moving walkways, and 3 sets of escalators taking us down down down to the centre of the earth, where this train line runs in Tokyo. We took the rapid train out to Maihama station - it was a JR train, but there were no English announcements, and there were no electronic signs in our carriage (as ther...