The Grand Asia & Australia Voyage, part 8
- Wednesday, October 08 2008 @ 07:56 AM CST
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Text by Snookums, Pictures by Filbert
Part Eight
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September 30 (Tuesday, Day 14, Aomori, Japan) -
Aomori was added to the itinerary when Russia was removed. We docked around 8 AM and it was cloudy and even rained for a few minutes but ended up sunny and nice. We decided to stay onboard until around 10 or so shops wouldn't open until then anyway. For about an hour after docking there was a Taiko drum group welcoming us which was very nice and we could easily see and hear it from our balcony. There was also a tent at the base of the gangway staffed by English-speaking Japanese to help answer questions.
YouTube of Taiko drum group:
The Aomori greeting celebration |