http://www.easyontour.com The infopage for a late sabatical...... written by GeraldN Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:55:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, you see right... I am back home - and home is from now on Spain... after nearly 12 months of exploring some of the most remote corners of this world, I got suddenly the urge to be productive again... and this led to my decission to go back to ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=241 Traveling Japan you will notice that something is missing… tourist cities on the coast… until the end of my trip I did not manage to get to some Brighton or Nice (Nizza for our German readers) of Japan… coastal towns strictly for leisure do not exits… and this ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=238 When you think of Japan, you most likely think of houses cramped next to each other and people everywhere… well that is much true for the Tokyo area but there is a big contrast once you see the north… lush green everywhere, rivers flowing through near pristine forest ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=235 I can not believe this, but I think this should be treated as a hint that my journey throughout this wonderful country is soon to be over… buying a pack of these super tasting UFO noodles I did not notice but the clerk put a fork in my ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=231 OK, this was scary… somewhen around midnight tonight, I got up in fear… the entire room was rattling and shaking… wow… lucky me I was sleeping in a ryokan (means futon rather than western style beds) so I could not fall out of my bed… but this wake up ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=230 What to say… after my Osaka experience and my desire to see the villages in Japan, I have visited now 3 more or less small villages this week… although the first one Takayama is a weekend tourist attraction and was packed on the Sunday I arrived once I ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=226 You might think what this stupid question is all about… at these times, nobody has spare money, the inflation, the housing costs and especially the party nights out are not cheap – shut up Gerald… but well, I still like to draw your attention to one topic… one ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=224 Now I made it to Osaka… after the tranquility of Kotohira a sharp contrast… this multi-million city is a vibrant place… going out on Friday night was like you would have been in Alicante during summer… full of people, party everywhere… I guess, there are few places on ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=222 Hehe, you might wonder what the title is all about... after staying now so much time in the big cities I decided to flee from the heat (here we heave tempretures north of 30 degrees Celsius everyday) and looked for a escape into cooler areas… searching for such ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=220 Well, actually it is not such a different Japan… Shikoku is one of the four major islands of Japan, but for some reason ´less visited… I took the fairy from Hiroshima to Matsuyama and found myself in a much slower paced Japan… although still a considerable city with ... http://www.easyontour.com/?p=217