Travelling in Japan as Typhoon no. 10 (Shanshan) approaches. We were staying near a town, Beppu, and received an emergency alert recommending the evacuation of the elderly. At only 58, I was instead able to leave on my own terms.
Month: August 2024
After years of planning, we’re in Japan, where I’ll be travelling to the KEK lab in Tsukuba in a couple of weeks, for the official start of my sabbatical.
We’re on a supposedly fast (tourist-filled) boat from Gili islands to Sanur on Bali. Rough water, and engine has cut out nine or ten times so far. 🤞 (Update: we made it — late, fume-sodden and queasy…)
Today’s travel highlights include drinking Indonesian civet coffee at Kopi Loewak Mataram and choreographed dancing to Carl Douglas’ “Kung Fu Fighting” with a group of Malaysian tourists at the Borobudur Buddhist Temple in Java (as one does).