Some shots from Japan

[pdk42]

Really love the pictures of your trip! Keep them coming please!

Thank you.

In 2023 I was late getting entrance tickets to Machu Picchu, Peruvian government has put a quota on how many visitors are allowed daily. So they sell tickets online in advance, and beside those they have a few thousand available every morning, regulated by crooked police, who decide.

If you know your way, you know how to use the crooked system, by paying a fee to get in the right lane… anyway we made it to Machu Picchu, but was shocked to see thousands of visitors lining up in lines to get a possibility to buy entrance tickets a 4:30am. Because we payed the crooked police via our local guide, we were like the 10th person out of thousands to be able to buy them. 5hrs later the main square was still completely full of tourists waiting for a possibility to buy them as we left with our mandatory guide.

One of the (many) nice things about Japan is that corruption and crooked practices, at least for the general public, are very rare.

 

[RuleOfThirds]

Thank you.

One of the (many) nice things about Japan is that corruption and crooked practices, at least for the general public, are very rare.

If you go more or less guided with a touroperator, Peru is easy and safe, no hassle at all. But my wife is from there and we have family, so we don’t take the normal tourists ways. Because we had to extent my wife’s Peruvian ID, it was impossible to predict which day we could be there. Bureaucracy of the local government system made that impossible. As soon as you go by your own, of the beaten track, you get in bribe territory very fast.

Really would love to visit Japan!!

 

[The Rigger]

14) The Golden Temple
Well, it had to be done. Hordes of tourists of course.

Of course. But the temple grounds were splendid, perhaps?