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A trip from September 04, 2008 to September 04, 2009, travelling to Canberra, Sydney, Tokyo, Kyoto, Himeji …

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09/04/2008 to 09/04/2009

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Thu 09/04/08 (day 1) - Canberra, Sydney, Tokyo

Canberra

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City

Canberra, ACT, Australia

Thu Sep 4 1:00am - Thu Sep 4 10:00am

Notes

Departed Canberra to drive to Sydney on the 4th September 2008 at about 10am. Didn't get to sleep till about 3am due to last minute packing, so was pretty knackered for the drive. The drive was uneventful but it was cold!

Sydney - Tokyo

Qantas QF135 - 8th August - Sydney (09:55) to Tokyo (18:55)

Transportation

Thu Sep 4 9:45am - Thu Sep 4 7:00pm

Sydney

Average Rating (504):

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Sydney, NSW, Australia

Thu Sep 4 1:00pm - Thu Sep 4 10:00pm

Notes

Depart Sydney on the morning of 8th August at 9am

Tokyo

Average Rating (491):

City

Tokyo, 13, Japan

Thu Sep 4 7:00pm - Tue Sep 9 7:00am

Wed Sep 17 5:00pm - Thu Sep 18 10:30am

Notes

Arrive Narita International Airport at 7pm on 8th August, then travel an hour by train into Tokyo.

Fly out of Narita on morning of 22nd August at 10:25am.

Sun 09/07/08 (day 4)

Mount Fuji

Climb Mount Fuji

Thing to Do

Sun Sep 7 5:00pm - Mon Sep 8 12:00pm

Tue 09/09/08 (day 6) - Kyoto

Tokyo - Kyoto

Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto

Transportation

Tue Sep 9 7:00am - Wed Sep 10 9:30am

Kyoto

Average Rating (84):

City

Kyoto, 26, Japan

Tue Sep 9 10:00am - Sat Sep 13 7:00am

Notes

Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo to Kyoto on 13th August.

Gozan fire festival on night of 16th...Surrounding mountaintops are set alight with huge bonfire chinese kanji characters

Thu 09/11/08 (day 8) - Himeji

Himeji

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Himeji, 28, Japan

Thu Sep 11 8:00am - Thu Sep 11 6:00pm

Notes

Daytrip from Kyoto via train

Fri 09/12/08 (day 9) - Nara

Nara

Average Rating (6):

City

Nara, 29, Japan

Fri Sep 12 7:00am - Fri Sep 12 5:00pm

Notes

Daytrip from Kyoto via train

Sat 09/13/08 (day 10) - Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Average Rating (91):

City

Hiroshima, 34, Japan

Sat Sep 13 10:00am - Sun Sep 14 7:00am

Notes

Shinkansen from Kyoto on 17th August.
Visiting Miyajima (itsukushima shrine) and Hiroshima Peace Park

Sun 09/14/08 (day 11) - Kanazawa

Kanazawa

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Kanazawa, 17, Japan

Sun Sep 14 12:00pm - Mon Sep 15 7:00am

Mon 09/15/08 (day 12) - Takayama

Takayama

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Takayama, 21, Japan

Mon Sep 15 12:00pm - Tue Sep 16 8:00am

Tue 09/16/08 (day 13) - Nagano

Nagano

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Nagano, 20, Japan

Tue Sep 16 12:00pm - Wed Sep 17 12:00pm

Thu 09/18/08 (day 15) - Zurich

Zurich

Average Rating (70):

City

Zurich, ZH, Switzerland

Thu Sep 18 4:00pm - Fri Sep 19 9:15am

Fri 09/19/08 (day 16) - Dublin

Dublin

Average Rating (203):

City

Dublin, Ireland

Fri Sep 19 10:30am - Sun Sep 21 12:00pm

Tue 09/23/08 (day 20) - Belfast

Belfast

Average Rating (31):

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Belfast, United Kingdom

Tue Sep 23 9:00am - Wed Sep 24 5:00pm

Fri 10/03/08 (day 30) - London

London

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London, United Kingdom

Fri Oct 3 7:00am - Sat Oct 4 11:45am

Sat 10/04/08 (day 31) - Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Average Rating (83):

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Frankfurt, HE, Germany

Sat Oct 4 2:30pm - Sun Oct 5 5:00pm

Mon 10/13/08 (day 40) - Hanover

Hanover

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Hanover, Germany

Mon Oct 13 12:00am - Thu Nov 20 4:15pm

Wed 08/12/09 (day 343) - New York City

New York City

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New York City, NY, United States

Wed Aug 12 12:00am - Wed Aug 19 12:00am

Wed 08/19/09 (day 350) - Vancouver

Vancouver

Average Rating (253):

City

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Wed Aug 19 12:00am - Tue Sep 1 12:00am

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