Last gate to pass...

before I'm heading across the Persian Gulf and over Iran to Tehran. It is very early in the morning and I have been awake now since 2:17 am. From my hotel here at the airport in Dubai, I had to embark on a true endeavour to find my way around this truly huge airport. It took more than one hour to get from A to B.well, now I'm here, so let's see how long time Air Dubai will let us wait before boarding.

An awesome trip starts with?

For many years I've had a wish to go to visit Iran. 

Now it is Easter holiday and finally I've taken the necessary step and done something about it. I've booked myself on a flight to Dubai and tomorrow morning from Dubai to Tehran..

I have a nice - but in a way also a bit uneasy - feeling about it all, and not sure what to expect other than adventure. 

All on my own. 

Kind of. That means, at some point I will be picked up by some kind and nice people in Theran and will get a man introduction to Iranian life by being invited to their house for a couple of days. But before that I'll have to settle in for two days in a Tehran hotel, somewhere in that huge city of 9 million.

Japanese breakfast.

Japan breakfast. So good. The stuff in the  square white box in the corner is called "Nato" and is old fermented beans.

You mix it with that liquid in the wee plastic bag on the left, some soy sauce and then add it to your rice. It should make your stomach flora healthy and natural. It smells really bad, it drags longs sticky strands like melted cheese from the chopsticks when you eat it. And I haven't even mentioned the taste?????

Okinawa February 2016

Chinese New Year holiday and we've been back to Okinawa for s week of relaxing and fresh air and good food.

Springtime has arrived here, probably some time yet until it will happen in Tokyo and Kyoto.

Yet again we enjoyed the solitude of the Kerama Islands a two hour ferry ride outside Naha city. Amazing and worth the while. 

Beautiful landscapes will fill your mind as you can walk around the island of Zamami in about 2 hours. You can, if you are lucky, see breaching humpback whales from the shore.Whale sightings around the Kerama islands on Wednesday the 10th of February.

Revisit the famous Marylin of Zamami. If you do not know that story, read it here:

Puppy love