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In the spring of 2017, we returned to Australia to visit family. We bracketed this trip with visits to Japan (a first for both of us) and the Philippines (a first for just one of us, bringing our “countries visited” count equal again). Although we were in an arrivals lounge in Hong Kong, and in transit hotels in both Kuala Lumpur and Singapore airports (on air side), we’re not really counting any of those places as “visited” on this trip!

Because this was mostly a family trip, we were incredibly slow slow to post pictures. Our great shots of cherry blossom season in Kyoto weren’t posted until 2026(!), so the feature image above was the only teaser for years. And the photos of the Australia and Singapore segments of the trip took even longer!

You can see posts from this trip by clicking on the links below:

cherry blossoms Japan
“Sherman, set the WABAC Machine for Kyoto, Japan in 2017!” As the 2026 cherry blossom season winds down, we thought …

See our Flickr photo albums for this trip:

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