Back to the future

A bit of explanation required for the title of this post.
Finally, I am going back to visit Japan. Since Japan is super modern, we can say it’s the future. .:. the cheesy title.
I’m now at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal in Kuala Lumpur. My flight will only leave at 2.40pm so I have A LOT of time to think about my life.
I’m travelling with my mother who has never been there. The last mother-daughter trip we had was the KL trip in November. Hope this works out well.
I will need to keep my temper in check.
Travel plans for these 10 days are: Tokyo
– Kansai region with Kyoto as base – back to Tokyo for another day and flight back. I will be back in Singapore on a public holiday (was it unintentional?) and can rest a bit before work.
Weather in Tokyo and Kyoto seems fine, for now.

Travelling locally, a blog idea

http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/11-10/rethinking-adventure-travelling-locally.html

Wanderlust doesn’t necessarily have to include a lot of wandering. There are, of course, a lot of good reasons to take an international holiday: hiking in Patagonia, drinking coffee in Paris, or visiting orangutans in Borneo all make for an exciting itinerary. But flights are growing increasingly expensive, and, for Americans at least, the standard two weeks of vacation a year adds a time constraint to the already formidable financial burden. For others, amongst them high numbers of unemployed, time is less an issue than lack of money. Additional factors, such as the environmental expense of long flights or the general crap state of the economy, make it harder than ever for many to commit to an international vacation.

One solution is to start exploring your local area. It’s not strange that many travelers know a place like India better than they know their own states. Tourists have a more immediate urge to see the sights, and there is no match for good travel infrastructure. The United States has a lot of beautiful places, but reaching them by public transportation is more challenging than in many other countries.

Found this interesting article on travelling locally. It gave me a bit of inspiration for this travel blog.

Travelling locally, Southeast Asia?
Travel local, Malaysia?

But then, I should probably fill this up with my past Malaysian trips instead of dreaming about future ones and phantom blog posts.