The cutest baby that isn't related to me

Day off in Kamakura

Donna, Ryan, Martin and Gene
The dinner theatre of shabu shabu
The giant buddha of kamakura
the akasaka octopus and I
looking out over the pacific from the other side of the world
Buddha in prayer
Happy buddha
Fancy buddha
Army of buddhas

Tiny pokemon buddhas

Tokyo days

Gene and Donna




Kanpai!

Fried potato on a stick!
Fish sticks...

Purifying smoke in front of the temple in akasuka
Temple in Akasuka



Tokyo schoolgirls
An unexpected traditional wedding
The Shinto cistern for purification of your hands and mouth before you enter the temple
The fountain at yasukuni shrine dedicated to all the soldiers that died of thirst.
One of the 4 gates of yasukuni shrine.
Gene and I playing around :)

Random pictures around London

A number of the odd things sold at the Portobello Rd Market. Need deer antlers, china or fur coats? Well... you know where to go.



This picture below was my favorite London moment. Around town are public pianos with signs on them saying "Play me, I'm yours." And people sit down for a minute or an hour and play whatever they want. These kids and I had just been to see Midsummer Night's Dream at the Shakespeare theatre and one sat down and started into that great piano solo at the beginning of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing." The others ran up, got on the piano and started belting out the song until they got about 3 lines in and couldn't remember the lyrics. Funny and great street moment.
The Shakespeare Globe Theatre.
Musicians at the Portobello Market.

Crowds at the Portobello Market.
Scrabble tile sign.
This one's for Claudia... I didn't see any Duchesses though.
The experimental art "Fourth Plinth Project" in Trafalgar Square. An artist requested that over 2,000 people spend an hour apiece up on this platform doing whatever they want to do. They can pose or address the crowd, do something mundane or extreme. This guy had a book called "Lord Lucan Plinth" and his sign said "Here's Lucan at you kid." Point? hard to know...
2 punk kids at the Victoria and Albert museum
Cute catholic school kids also at the V&A

Out on the water

30 knot winds
Sunset on the Solent
Dinner on board
A super yacht called the Kiring that docked near us in Poole - owned by a Middle Eastern oil man...
The guys
Breakfast on the deck
Poole, where we docked the first night
Me at the helm - taking it all very seriously...
The Needles
Sail going up!