http://mafgirl.com/blog Most recent post are below or choose specific post by category (continent, country or city). Subscribe to my blog by entering email in upper left hand corner. Click on individual photos to view the photos larger and to flick through them by clicking next or previous. Enjoy :) Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:15:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a little test on my iPhone, and YES I have been ridiculously not been updating my blog at all and am planning to change this in the very near future!!! The plan is, as always, to post any photo's and blog from the last year and then to keep up ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2010/01/sorry-i-have-been-so-long/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="307" caption="The new pier in Phi Phi, getting ready for diving!"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="307" caption="Arriving back to Phi Phi after diving"][/caption] I can't believe it's already a week ago when I wrote my last post! Not too much has happened since then, apart from the fact that I ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2009/02/a-week-later/ On monday the 2nd of February I was planning to fly to Bangkok but the ever changeable weather in the UK had other plans with me. As all the people in the UK will remember, it snowed heavily the night before and that day and all flights due to leave ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2009/02/its-not-what-you-know-but-who-you-know/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="the trail lined with lanterns"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="294" caption="the amazing view from the top"][/caption] Today is our last day in Japan. We decide to spend our whole day taking a relaxing 1,5 hour hike in the mountains, in specific: Mount Kurama. We take a train from Kyoto ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2008/12/japan-the-story-day-nine-last-day/ Today the plan is to go to a manga museum. Michiel is very interested in Manga, both films and comics and we think it is worth checking out as it is such a big part of Japanese culture. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="me and loads of Nijntjes"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="208" caption="completely ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2008/12/japan-the-story-day-eight/ Today, we do sweet FA! we needed a bit of a rest after full on sightseeing every day all day, especially after yesterday's long day and short night. My dad takes a bus to some technical shop somewhere and me and my mum chill and go to Kyoto Station later ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2008/12/japan-the-story-day-seven/ DAY SIX [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="Life Size 'Dick Bruna' posters in Osaka-Umeda"][/caption] Today we venture out of Kyoto and to Osaka, about 40 minutes away by train (although sometimes the journey can be longer, depending on time of day and where in Kyoto/Osaka you are). This is where Michiel studies and ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2008/12/japan-the-story-day-six/ DAY FIVE We are a little templed out, so we go for a hike/walk we found in one of the guide books, named: Tetsugaku-No-Michi (Path Of Philosophy). The path takes its name from one of it's most famous strollers: 20th century philosopher Nishida Kitaro, who is said to have walked this ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2008/12/japan-the-story-day-five/ DAY FOUR [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="277" caption="Kyoto Station as seen from Kyoto Tower, with the lovely orange frame work"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="208" caption="me 'pushing' Kyoto Tower"][/caption] Today we decide to rent some bikes and explore Kyoto like we Dutch are used to do: cycling! We cycle to nearby Kyoto Tower and ascend ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2008/12/japan-the-story-day-four/ DAY THREE Today the plan is to go on a scenic tram ride in the mountains, or along the mountain anyway.As we get there-which was a little miracle by the way, because Michiel went back to uni, me and my parents braved the train system on our own! All jokes aside ... http://mafgirl.com/blog/2008/12/japan-the-story-day-three/