Coopers adventures

Well after an amazing 1 1/2 days in Tokyo we caught the Bullet train to Kyoto which was pretty straight forwards. The train left bang on time & travelled at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour which sometimes made you feel like you had a bit of motion sickness. We felt like 1 of the locals as we all had bento boxes to munch on the training with Starbucks coffees as apparently that is a Japanese tradition when traveling on the bulllet train. Once we arrived in Kyoto station we went to the information desk eventually as John couldn't figure out where the car hire company was & gave in & let me ask for help. Just a couple of minutes walk from the station we arrived at the car hire desk. We were ... read more

Well finally 26th July 2016 has arrived. After booking this flight before Christmas last year many things have changed in our travel plans. The most important change was Etihad bumped us but as compensation they offered us a free 5 nite stay in Hong Kong which of cause we thought great but little did we know how much this would throw the plans if started to make out the window!!!!!!! We jumped at the chance of this last minute change & started to plan now we would fit it in but I forgot to do 1 important thing change the hotel booking for our 1st nite in Tokyo & move it forwards by a day!!!! When did I realise this error yesterday morning as I was driving into work at 645am the day before we fly!!!! ... read more

Well we woke late after a lovely lie in to John finally feeling human again on the last day of our little trip to the Middle East. After getting ready we drove threw the Yas tunnel to Spinnys which is like there bargain booze really & bought a £5.25 litre bottle of vodka which we were very pleased about then we headed for Yas shopping mall. So back threw the tunnel we went & th mall was right next to Ferrari world which looked amazing as did Yas water world I just wish we had more time here & my John was feeling 100% himself. We parked up nice & easy in the luxury parking again which was free & proceeded into the mall to find some food as by now we were both starving. The ... read more

After an amazing nights sleeps in 1 of the best beds I've ever slept in we woke up not to late John wasn't feeling good again so we dosed him up on more tablets to keep him going before we went to breakfast. We took a slow walk over the restaurant were breakfast was taking place. Our table was all set up outside ready for us. After being asked what we would like to drink by 1 waiter another proceed to bring us food & lots of it & then asked what way we would like our eggs, by this time there was enough food on our table to feed a small army. The Juice was fresh the food plenty full & after about an hour we could eat no more. The resort manager came over ... read more

Well after a lovely nights sleep we woke up around 9am ready to get out & explore John still wasn't feeling the best but I dosed him on m,up tables & we went down for breakfast. breakfast was back down on the 18th floor in the wrap around 360 dinning room which showed all of Abu Dhabi at its best from high up. The breakfast was plentyful with a wide variety to chose from & the egg station is 1 of the best I've ever seen with so much choice & variety of eggs it was scrummy. After a nice long breakfast & a few cups of coffee off we went into Abu Dhabi. We did plan on going to the Grand Mosque but as it was a Friday it isn't open to the general public ... read more