The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift hits the rails one more time as I make my way back to Tokyo from Osaka on the Shinkansen, with another obligatory Ekiben on the way! Once back in Tokyo, I checked in to my third hotel of the trip and by far the fanciest – much fancier than I had realised it was when I booked it: The Tokyo East Side Hotel Kaie. For not much more per night than I had spent on the other hotels, this one really blew me away with the size and quality of the rooms and how plush and well appointed eve the common areas such as the lobby are. I managed to drag myself away for a brief trip to Kasai Rinkai Park and up yet another observation Ferris Wheel, the Diamond and Flower Ferris Wheel, before retiring to my spacious and stylish hotel room for a dinner of Konbini snacks and treats from Family Mart – including my first ever Curry Pan!Continue reading →
It’s time for The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift to jump onboard another Shinkansen, taking me to Nagoya to visit a home grown Japanese theme park for the first time – Nagashima Spa Land! It’s home to a roller coaster that became a bucket list item for the trip as soon as I started looking into what roller coasters Japan had to offer: Hakugei, a woodie-steel hybrid coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction. And since I was there, I got to experience other incredible coasters such as Steel Dragon 2000, flying roller coaster Acrobat & Schwarzkopf classic Looping Star and more!Continue reading →
The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift hits the rails as I make my way from Tokyo to Osaka onboard the world famous Shinkansen bullet train! Join me for the high speed journey, complete with an Ekiben for lunch, then check out my hotel for my time in Osaka, the Hotel She, Osaka – each room has a vinyl record player! To make use of it, I head out to HMV & Books and pick up a little something to listen to on it while indulging in some treats and snacks from Family Mart!Continue reading →
Join me on my first overnight trip away from home in well over a year as I take a weekend staycation at the Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Airport, a mid-tier airport hotel located at the Heathrow Airport perimeter with airport views, included breakfast, fast Wi-Fi and comfortable modern rooms. This video tours the room, shows the kinds of views you can enjoy of aircraft – including some of the British Airways service areas, takes a look at some of the hotel common areas and amenities which were available during the partial lockdown and shows what the included breakfast is like whilst buffet services are suspended.Continue reading →
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