My Shout

Less than two weeks now before we hop on the plane again and head for Japan.

See the pic of our travel agent below - it used to a a movie theatre.

We popped in today to pay for our JR Rail Passes. Two weeks for two people cost just over AU$1100 . Supposedly that's considerably cheaper than paying for individual tickets (on the bullet train at least).

All the planning is starting to come together. Our first accommodation is booked - the Palace Side Hotel in Kyoto - this place is a serious bargain compared to the other options I've seen so far and gets a very good ranking on Tripadvisor to boot. We got a twin room with kitchenette for 8925JPY per night! Saves on food too this way

Well, seeing as I selfishly created my own personal design for my blog, it was only fair enough to make another one available to you guys as well. So, to bring the number of choices to 5 is the new design Metropolitan. Ok, originally, I was going to make an Art Deco design, but I got distracted halfway and went on a tangent. Hope you enjoy. This one hasn't been tested in many browsers yet, but considering it is based on other ones that have already, I'm assuming it's mostly ok. Let me know if you find any quirks.

Click here to see my blog in the new template

I've made my own custom design for my blog. I couldn't help it really.. once you have an idea, it all just falls into place so easily. And as my mind often wanders to beer, it's no surprise this is what my blog ended up looking like

A similar design with a replacement header graphic would be quite hard for others to achieve at the moment though. You would basically need to be able to upload the graphic to somewhere that allows images of that size (700px wide). Don't worry, it's in the works for TP, so soon anyone would be able to do the same.