Ashiya to Nagasaki
It does not seem that we have gotten very far. If you check the “Live Tracking” button on the web page you will see that we are docked in Nagasaki,…
GSSR 2 – Departure from Ashiya
GSSR 2 Underway!This is just a very short blog entry to let everyone know that we have now left our winter port of Ashiya and have begun the journey that…
April 2010 – Ashiya, Japan
Weather has been downright crappy since we got back to Japan. I don’t know why, but we were expecting a bit of balmy weather and sunny skies. People here tell…
Winter 2009-2010
This is my first update since just prior to Thanksgiving and the reason is that we had left Japan by air back to the US for ………vacation?? It has been…
Ashiya, Japan update
We are only 4 days away from Thanksgiving Day (depending on whose time zone you use) and I just realized that we have been living in one place (Ashiya, Japan)…
Yokohama to Ashiya
We just survived Typhoon number 2 while in Japan last night. Ken and Roberta on Sans Souci and Braun and Tina on Grey Pearl have long gone back to the…
Yokohama Bayside Marina
Yokohama was really a terrific place and we had mixed emotions about leaving there. Our last few days there were spent dithering about securing lines and fenders preparing for the…
Hokkaido to Yokohama
In the end, we spent 6 days in Hokkaido, just as we had planned. Although we enjoyed being there and the people were wonderful, I look back at it as…
Arrival in Hokkaido, Japan
I am happy to announce that we have arrived and are "sitting pretty" in our berth in Hokkaido, Japan marking one of the final legs of the Great Siberian Sushi…
Kamchatka
We are well on our way to Japan by the time you read this. We have been out for three nights and have two to go. I expect we will…