From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Goodbye Japan & Hello Ireland

May 29, 2008 · 8 comments

That's right, just as the weather is on the improve in Japan (with the exception of today) i'm going to leave these fine shores for about 10 days and see what Ireland has to offer … it will be cold i know that much. 

Early Friday morning i'll be well on the way to Paris, for a short stop over, then to my final destination of Adare, which is a popular village in County Limerick - Ireland.

Research tells me there's about 2700 people in Adare, 3 Hotels, 6 Public Houses ( I hope that means pubs) and 8 Restaurants. It could be a long week on the turps if nothing else.

It's definitely not a place i would ever have thought to visit had it not been for a great mates wedding and with about 20 others heading over from Australia for the week i'm sure we'll have a ball.

I arrive Friday night and there's nothing official planned until Tuesday. I'm tossing up a short train trip over to Dublin to meet some Friends for a Sunday session then head back to Adare with them Monday ….. keeping my options open, i will decide Saturday afternoon.  

Adare Map

Tuesday we have the Bucks and Hens parties. Wednesday is the wedding dinner and Thursday is the wedding itself.

Friday will be spent having a traditional Irish Wedding "Afters" party … then Saturday night i will slink back to Shannon Airport and on to a place for the long ride home … no doubt a little worse for ware.

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A Trip Down Memory Lane

May 27, 2008 · 19 comments

A few years have past since this photo was taken, over 30 i’d say, but today is my older brothers birthday, so Happy Birthday Brother!

Gary and Neil

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Narita Airport – The Marijuana Is On Us!

May 27, 2008 · 14 comments

An unsuspecting passenger who flew to Tokyo is carrying one million yen’s worth of cannabis compliments of customs authorities after a bungled exercise involving sniffer dogs.

An officer at Narita International Airport yesterday stuffed 142 grams of the drug into the side pocket of a randomly-selected black suitcase coming off an overseas flight so that the animal could detect it.

“The dog couldn’t find it and the officer also forgot which bag he put it in,” a customs office spokeswoman said.

“If by some chance passengers find it in their suitcase, we’re asking them to return it.”

The 38-year-old officer was quoted by the spokeswoman as saying: “I knew that using passengers’ bags (for sniffer dog training) is prohibited, but I did it because I wanted to improve the sniffer dog’s ability.”

He was reprimanded by the head of customs at Narita airport.

“This case was extremely regrettable. I would like to deeply apologise,” said the airport’s customs chief Manpei Tanaka.

The cannabis, which has a street value of one million yen ($A10,100), was in a metal box wrapped with newspapers.

Japan strictly prohibits both hard and soft drugs, with people imprisoned for possession of even small amounts of cannabis.

Source:AFP

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