Tuesday morning we fly to Singapore (SIN) via Japan (NRT). Flying United, which doesn’t have the most convenient times to and from SIN, we land shortly after midnight and plan to try out the Transit Hotel inside the airport before clearing immigration and taking rapid transit into the city the following day.
After several days in Singapore we’re flying back as far as NRT and staying two nights in Tokyo, our first time ever to visit Japan, other than transiting the airport.
That itinerary makes packing two roll-aboards a real challenge: a few days in Singapore, averaging 88-90 F (32 C) with high humidity, followed by a couple of days in Tokyo, where the average temperature is around 45-50 degrees F (7-9 C) at this time of year.
Layers R Us for this trip in particular.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.