Author Archives: kenmyhre
East Africa
Once again I have neglected this blog. It is almost two years since my birding/biking trip to Japan/ Taiwan and my last entries. Although my travels are getting less adventurous I am still getting around. In the last two years … Continue reading
Taipei
I am back in Calgary now so one more post will finish off my Japan/Taiwan trip. Picking up from Ruifang, I had one last biking day. Ostensibly I would have a nice gentle ride down the Keelung River for about … Continue reading
On up the East Side of Taiwan
A few shots from my first week I left you in Tainan on March 3rd. I was pretty beat up, but I had had an easy and enjoyable day birding and cycling in Tainan. A big part of the rejuvenation … Continue reading
Taiwan
Sorry, no photos this time My transition from Japan to Taiwan went well. Haneda Airport in Tokyo got me onto my plane without any people help, all electronic, in minutes. A four hour flight landed me in Taipei around 2:00 … Continue reading
Himeji and Tokyo
That’s it for Japan, at least until next time. From Nikko I took the train out of the mountains, through Tokyo, three Shinkansen hours south to Himeji, where it is warmer and no snow. I finally had nice views, at … Continue reading
Sapporo and Nikko
After spending five nights around Kushiro, on the east coast of Hokkaido, including the night in Rausu, it was time to move on. I had now seen the birds I had come to Japan to see and I had two … Continue reading
Steller’s Eagles
Still dark at 5:00 as I was picked up from Minshuku Marumi Shokuu taken 10 minutes to a small wood shack out of the brittle cold and asked for money; I paid. I was in Rausu, a small fishing village … Continue reading
Red-Crowned Cranes – Tancho
(Don’t forget to touch images you wish to look closer at) As I approached my first Red-Crowned Crane viewing area I was initially disappointed. There were no other cars in the parking lot and I couldn’t see where the birds … Continue reading
Crane Spectacle at Izumi
(To get a larger image of the photos click on them) My days at the Shin Tsurumi Tei were each the same. I was up and out at 6:30, still dark, and climbed the outside staircase of the Crane Observation … Continue reading
Crane Hunting – Kyushu
Back to Japan Travel in Asia is wonderful. Or at least it is for me. It is not filled with wildlife like Africa or as comfortably familiar as Europe, but the complexity and the diversity of cultures make it so … Continue reading
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