If you’d like to read about other places from an out of kilter perspective, here are my other blogs.
Sept. 2016 Japan; https://dshigekawajapan.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/kochi-of-the-kochi-prefecture-southwest-of-tokyo/
June 2016 Alaska; https://dshigekawa.wordpress.com/2016/06/03/anchorage-day-1/
Sept. 2015 Hawaii; https://dshigekawa.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/day-1-back-to-paradise/