Nagasaki Travel and Tourism Guide

After leaving Nagasaki, we sailed into the Yellow Sea on our way to Xingang, China where we will conclude our cruise. Today is our last day aboard the ship...which means we are busy relaxing, packing, doing laundry and enjoying some fun before disembarking. We joined our group of friends for an intense game of Around the World Table Tennis. I think Suzy invented this game while on the ship...it involves all 8 of us getting around the ping pong table, one person lobs the ball over the net an...

The last day at sea was a little sad.  We had a lot to do with laundery and of course socializing.  We all thought that this would be the last we would see our new friends.  We had dinner with our friends then went dancing to say good bye to the band.  All week we had been watching the band on the Saphire Princess, Deep Blue. They were great all week so we wanted to say our farewells.

For both Akiko and me this was a very much looked forward part fo the trip.  For me I wanted to see the historical parts of this city.  Akiko was going to meet a long time friend who she had not seen for a very long time.  Her friend had just got back from living in Iran so she would have many stories to share with Akiko.Nagaski is a city that has left a huge imprint on me.  Rarely do I visit a city and say to myself not only could I live here but it is a beautiful as my h...

As Nagasaki´s history everybody knows but walking at the spot feels weird. The city is easely reachable with the Kyushu express train. It is a very modern train and seats are comfortable. The station has also some trolleys driving trough the small city. The China town is also small but have some nice shops and near there got a Dutch sloop. The city have maked memorials near the ground and shows many facts about what happend,why and how. Huis ten Bosch or Oranda mura is near Nagasaki an...