Kyoto Trip

Yssaka-jinja

We flew from Osaka (Kyoto) on Sunday afternoon and we got home on Sunday night as well, this is the beauty when you travel west from eastern country. We slept fourteen hours straight due to the jet-lag and the tiredness of travel, good to be back home in one piece, what an amazing trip.

I decided early on to “NOT RUNNING AROUND” and just stay in Kyoto for 14 days, why bother? Most Japanese comes to Kyoto to learn its history and the amount of time we were there is just a drop of water in the bucket.

We had two free days to relax before we go home, this time we used to eat more local foods and tighten the loose end to see if we miss anything. I will update you later on the details as it might take awhile to sort the images, I took a shy of 1,900 photographs.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/kyoto.html

L. A. Trip (iPhone images)

Americana, Glendale

We made a two week trip to Los Angeles for a wedding, Here's the side trip that we did, mostly a gastronomic voyage.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/latrip.html

Sundial Bridge - Redding, CA

Glass decked Sundial Bridge

On the way down to Los Angeles area for a wedding, we make sure we stop here, some people has been telling us about this bridge for years, finally we have a chance to see it in person. It is unique and interesting, too sunny and warm as we come down from rainy and cloudy Portland.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/sundial.html

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Hanami - Cherry Blossoms Viewing

Yesterday was a bad day to take pictures, rain all day! So, we decided to come Thursday to view the cherry blossoms before the wind and the rain get a hold of the flowers. Not a bad morning at all, except once we were done photographing, the light rain came in.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/waterfront.html

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/waterfront2.html

Spring has sprung finally

Cherry blossoms

I always come back to this place to find the sign of spring, this time it is late by seventeen days for sure, we went March 10th in 2016.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/spring.html

Cherry Blossoms at the State Capitol

State Capitol - Salem

When Pokie said that the cherry blossoms at the State Capitol is in full bloom, I jump to the idea to capture the images and hoping it is not raining that day, I got my wish....

Here are the images..

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/salem.html

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/salem2.html

G Scale

Flower Pot Point

On a not rainy day, I ventured outside and play with my trains, this time, I just want to take pictures as I was inspired by my friend Cak Soekir in Surabaya, Indonesia and he likes miniature, one thing I did not do is to have 1:1 scale present in the pictures. Next time.

http://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2017/gscale.html