Asia


Kyoto

Kyoto is the main tourist destination of Japan. With 17 World Heratige Sites, there are many places worth a visit. We just visited a few of them. Kinkaku-Ji   Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Golden Pavilion) is one of the most beautiful temples in Kyoto. It is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely […]


Flores

Flores is one of the many islands of Indonesia. For tourists it is relatively new with still not too many tourists like on Bali. The 2 most well known destinations on or from Flores are Kelimutu and Komodo island. Labuan Bajo is a good starting point to visit Komodo, see the Komodo dragons and to […]


Japan

Driving in Japan We went to Japan by rental car, we rented the car starting from the day we left Tokyo, because in Tokyo it is much easier to use the metro instead. In Kyoto we used trains and the metro as well, but not every day. Driving in Japan is not more difficult than […]