January 2019 | MONTH IN REVIEW

Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month.

• Hello 2019!

• Hope you like our photo of the month! As some of you may know, Alex flew in from Trinidad to join me in Singapore last December where he could rejuvenate from the harsh life in Trinidad 😅, feast on good food, catch up with some friends and family before heading back together.

• Of course, as you might've guessed, our plans never quite go as planned.. After realizing that there's still a lot more work to be done on Raptor, and that it'd be unlikely that we would be able to set sail within a month or two... We decided that it'd be better for me to continue working while he flies back to Trinidad to complete the never ending list of to-do's on the boat.

• It was a busy month! Running around, searching for boat stuff, making last minute flight changes, etc, etc. I am grateful for my job extension albeit a bit disappointed that our travel plans were delayed yet again. 

• Alex's sister and niece came for a short visit. It was nice to have them here as we hadn't seen them since our stay with them back in 2016. I was not able to join them during the day, but it looked like they had a great family bonding time at Universal Studios 😃

• So even though I did not get to fly to New York & Trinidad as planned, I did however get to go to Japan! {yay!} My last holiday was back in April 2018 where I went to Korea with my mum for our 2nd M&D (mother & daughter) trip.

• Alex and I flew to Tokyo on 14th January, took a train to Kanazawa and stayed for 2 nights, then spent another 5 nights in Kyoto where we made day trips to Nara and Himeji before heading back to Tokyo for the remaining nights.

• We had an amazing time! People there are courteous, toilets are always clean, trains are on time, food was fantastic. We took lots of photos, walked among macaque monkeys & sika deers, visited temples & shrines, went to Disney Sea and even got lost in the huge subway stations. The weather was a little cold at times, but nothing compared to the winter we experienced in New York in February 2015, when we only had layered boat clothes to keep us warm.

• Will try to write and share photos of our trip in another post. 

• No boat project updates this month. 

• Thank you for reading!