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A summer in Japan

Several years ago, Elaine, Mark & Kath (Elaine’s brother and sister-in-law) and I, started doing what we call, ‘Bucket List’ trips. We take it in turns picking the trip, a trip that each of us have always wanted to do,  and then I do all the planning. The only criteria for the trips is that the main part of the trip is a destination most of us have never visited before. We have so far visited, Koh Samui in Thailand, Boracay in the Philippines, Singapore & cruising Malaysia and the islands of Malaysia, the west coast of America and Vegas, a road trip to the Black forest of Germany, France, Italy and the South of France. This year we visited,  Tokyo & Japan 31st July 2024 to 21st August 2024

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