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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 24, 20234 min read
Rum at 6 am - April 25, 2023
Tell me I’ll be drinking rum on the cruise ship and I’ll say “tell me something I don’t know”. Tell me it’ll be at 6 am and now you have my
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 23, 20234 min read
Ships off towards China - April 24, 2023
Up at six and again at seven. Or was it five and then six? We’re not sure. The clocks got turned back last night and we’re at sea (for the
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 22, 20235 min read
Goodbye, Japan! - April 23, 2023
We wake to beautiful blue sky, 69 degrees, and the promise of sunshine throughout the day. We’re still in Kagoshima which is where we’ll be
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 21, 20236 min read
The silkworms not eaten - April 22, 2023
The calendar says it’s the 22nd of April. That date sounds familiar because on the 22nd of February I had my last haircut, just before we le
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 20, 20236 min read
Lucky cats and bibbed Buddhas - April 21, 2023
We are in Kochi, Japan today. As is their wont, the captain and navigator somehow work it out so we’re gliding noisily into the dock just as
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 19, 20234 min read
10,000 Torii Gates (but who's counting?) - April 20, 2023
At 6:30am we awaken and we’re motoring slowly into the bay of Osaka. Outside it’s 64° which feels good and the water is glassy, very smooth,
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 18, 20234 min read
A day at sea with Colonel Klink - April 19, 2023
When we wake this morning we’re at sea, as we should be. It’s a day at sea. No port today. We’re motoring from Tokyo down to Osaka. We’ll be
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 17, 20236 min read
Hasta la vista, Tokyo - April 18, 2023
It’s easy to tell the difference between a day on a tour and a typical day on our own. When on a tour there’s usually a lot planned and you’
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 16, 20233 min read
Bullet back to Tokyo - April 17, 2023
Today in Nagano the Metropolitan Hotel has a very full, very good buffet breakfast. Asian soups, dishes, smoked fish, and even a big bottle
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 15, 20238 min read
There's no monkeys like snow monkeys - April 16, 2023
We’ve just had one day (two nights) in Tokyo but it’s already time to head out, at least for a short while. In our quest for peak sakura (ch
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 14, 20236 min read
Rain, rain, go away - April 15, 2023
We wake up to our first full day in Japan and in Tokyo and sure enough it’s raining. It’s our only full day in Tokyo, so we’re a bit sad. We
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 13, 20236 min read
Sayonara, Seoul. Konichiwa, Tokyo! - April 14, 2023
Last night, which was our last night in Seoul, we spent at an enormous hotel with two big towers of rooms. So it’s only fitting that there’s
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 12, 20235 min read
Korean close-out - April 13, 2023
For the first time in a long while we’re on our own. It’s a free day in Seoul and our last full day in Korea. We need to switch our hotel fr
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 11, 20235 min read
Free luggage... right here! - April 12, 2023
When it rains it pours! Well, thankfully it’s not raining, but our dance card for the day is very full. If all goes according to plan, we’ll
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 10, 20235 min read
Something fishy in Seoul - April 11, 2023
We’re (mostly) all accounted for at 8am in the lobby. I have my brand new teeshirt that I’d bought from the Cambodian dancers (just to suppo
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 9, 20236 min read
Double D Cups - April 10, 2023
We stop for a coffee, the first for most of the group today as it isn’t an option at breakfast at the monastery. I reach for my wallet and r
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 8, 20236 min read
Sampling the Buddhist Kool-aid® - April 9, 2023
In the morning we luxuriate in our nice hotel rooms for a bit longer, packing, showering, flushing the toilet by merely sitting on it. We ge
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 7, 20235 min read
Stair Masters - April 8, 2023
We each emerge from our Hanok (traditional Korean house) into the bright sunshine and blue sky. The air is cool and crisp. It’s 38º now, but
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 6, 20236 min read
Men in dresses - April 7, 2023
My brain has trouble dealing with the seeming paradox of being two time zones closer to the “west coast” (e.g. San Francisco, and such) and
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 5, 20235 min read
Seoul searching - April 6, 2023
In theory today should be easy. We’re just trying to get from our Hanoi hotel to our Seoul hotel. There, at 6, we’re to meet the rest of the
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