Qatar Airways in Business class Flight number: QR 813 Equipment: A350 Origin: HND (01:00) Destination: DOH (06:30) Flown: July 2017 Cabin occupancy: 90% Our flight on arrival at Doha in the morning. A350 is a nice plane, not too noisy and … Continued
I was flying with Qatar to Tokyo, and my flight was arriving around 11pm. Thus leaving very little time for me to clear customs/immigration and take the last train to the city. I did not wanted to risk missing my … Continued
Kamakura is the old capital of Japan. It is very close to Tokyo, it takes less than an hour to get there from Tokyo (of course, depending which part of Tokyo you are coming from). I went there from Haneda … Continued
Flight review: Qatar Airways in Business class Flight number: QR 812 Equipment: A350 Origin: DOH (6:30am) Destination: HND (22:40pm) Flown: July 2017 Cabin occupancy: 80% What a treat this flight was. I was absolutely delighted to be in the … Continued
An age-old Japanese proverb goes something like this… “If you come to Japan and don’t climb Mt. Fuji, you’re a fool; but if you climb it more than once, you’re an even BIGGER fool.” Apparently, I have climbed Mt. Fuji … Continued
Fuji 5th station, is the basecamp for the Yoshida trail, before you begin your climb. If you are coming from Tokyo, this is where (most of) you will begin your Mt Fuji climb. Even if you are not climbing to … Continued
Gansomuro hut is on the 8th station, of the Yoshida trail, while climbing Mt Fuji. While searching for more information about the huts, I realized how little English information is available about the huts. Also, I read on many sites … Continued
Recently, we were in Japan and booked a 4 night stay at Prince Hotel Shinagawa. Location wise it is a fantastic hotel. Right next to the Shinagawa station. We arrived at Haneda airport, and after a quick immigration/customs we were … Continued
After our arrival in Tokyo, from Shanghai, we quickly checked into our hotel at Shinagawa. We were staying right next to the train station, at Prince Hotel Shinagawa. My review about the hotel is here. The plan was that we … Continued