First of all, I am pleased to report that the Quaich has completed her Japanese quest with great success, and as of this afternoon, she is on her way to her next destination..... Australia, where she will be hosted by DownunderKilt.

Now, on to the important stuff. When I emptied my digital camera's memory card, I counted 282 pictures that I took in the span of the two weeks that the Quaich was visiting in Japan. Although I've already whittled that down quite a bit (many duplicates), posting them up will take a bit of time, so I'll have to do it in bite-sized pieces.

Today, I will be posting my logbook entry. I don't want the rabble on the other side of the world to have to wait to read it, so I have reproduced it exactly as it appears in the Quaich's logbook, complete with the photos I interspersed with my writing. I've copied the logbook entry verbatim, although the original is handwritten.

In the coming days, I hope to post up many more photos as I finish editing them and making them web-ready. There is tons of really cool info and some stories that I can't wait to share with you all, that couldn't possibly all fit on the pages of the logbook. Fortunately, pixels on a screen are cheap and plentiful!

Without further ado, I present the Quaich's journeys through Japan.