As I was getting ready to go to bed, something just didn't feel right. I just had a weird feeling that I was forgetting something, so for some reason I decided to check our travel itinerary on our trip plan on travel.yahoo.com. Remember that at this stage we have already booked and paid for this Hotel room for 4 nights, due to check out on Wednesday morning (3rd September). Yahoo travel blog says that we have 3 nights in Sasebo, and that we are due to check out o...

There is very little on the agenda today. Sasebo has been good, because it has been a chance to relax and let our bodies unwind after the past week of consistant insanity in Kyoto, Hiroshima and Fukuoka. We headed across the road to the shops for a short stroll in the morning, simply to get the girls out of the house. Got a lot of supplies from a few of the the 100 yen ($1) shops, where everything in the store costs 105 yen (due to the 5% Japanese sales tax). Sti...

Spur of the moment decision to go on the Sasebo bus tour this morning, which includes a guided tour around the city on a coach, followed by a tour of the Naval museum, a cruise on the Pearl Queen around the 99 islands, a trip through the Sasebo aquarium and then up to an observatory before heading back to the station. So we leave the hotel at 9:15am, and powerwalk down to the Sasebo train station and bus terminal in an attempt to join the bus tour, which is sched...

Started out the day by heading down to the Toyoko Inn foyer to try their Japanese style breakfast. Rice balls, with your choice of bonito fish flakes on the outside, or with hunks of seaweed throughout the ball, with miso soup on the side, and coffee. Needless to say Veronica had the breakfast, while Charlotte, Angela and I sat and waited for her to finish. I still cant seem to desire rice coated in dried fish flakes, with a side of hot salty bean paste soup for ...