http://www.mrcs1.com Marcus+Elaine's Travel Blog Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:46:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdAF8wM2pqY Music: "Two of Us" by The Beatles from the River Rhine Tapes Well, the big journey's finally over, we're back home. It was a bit of a surprise to everyone when we rolled up last Saturday morning, lots of hugs and tears and being called a "little fecker" for making my ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/07/home/ It's fruity… and fecking expensive! After our 24 hour journey from Tokyo via Bangkok we were pretty much shattered so our first day in Singapore was spent asleep. I love a good 16 hours in bed… After we woke up we made up for lost and went exploring in Singapore. I ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/07/singapore-sling/ On Yer Bike We've finally come to the end of our too short trip to Japan. The last leg of the journey was a real race; we had to go from Hiroshima all the way to Tokyo in one day, so we could pick up our passports with our Indian visas. ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/07/sayonara-nippon/ He's behind you! Oh, no he isn't! Oh yes he is… The stay in Hiroshima started really well with the baseball game we went to on our first night. The crowd were well up for it and there where "high-5's" all round when the Carp scored a home run. In the ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/07/doh-a-deer/ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F91UNfU3hg Watching the Hiroshima Carp in action I never understood baseball, it's a bit like rounders only with more beer. Which isn't bad. I probably would have been bored out of my mind if it hadn't been for the amazing crowd singing and chanting the whole way through the game. Goooooooo Carp! http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/07/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/ The Man with Two Red Shoes** We hopped on the train for a little day trip from Kyoto to Osaka. There was a nice graphic design exhibition on that I made Elaine go to and after I'd ogled all the lovely work for about 10 hours we had a wander around ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/07/osaka%e2%80%932c4s/ Faster than a speeding bullet! About the same power as a locomotive though. So we headed down to Kyoto for a few days and finally got to use our JR Pass on a Bullet Train! Whooooooooooo!!!!! That thing makes the DART look like a thing that's really slow… oh wait… it ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/07/prepare-for-ludicrous-speed/ The view from the top – not bad… Due to our Indian Visa fiasco, we had a few extra days in Tokyo and as we had our handy Japan Rail pass we could go on all the trains for free! So we took a day-trip down to Yokohama which is a ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/06/yokohama/ Me, some girl dressed up as a maid and The Colonel. Damn him and his tasty chicken! Finally arrived in Japan, sorry about the wait for a post, I've been too busy doing stuff :) Our first stop was Tokyo, which is the coolest city ever. Elaine and myself had a ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/06/turning-japanese/ Roxanne had already turned on the Red Lights. Didn't have much time for messing about in Bangkok, only three days and we flew out to Japan. So here's some of the highlights we crammed in; Flew into Bangkok (none of this bus rubbish, I'm too busy!) Went to Pantip Plaza to get E ... http://www.mrcs1.com/2009/06/bangkok/