On May 17, 2:39 am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On May 15, 8:26?pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On May 15, 12:06?am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fv20100509a1.html
>
> > > > Since an RV won't work on the Japanese roads :-)
>
> > > I wish I had a few weeks of vacation to just cruise around somewhere.
> > > I always thought the 88 temples could be done relatively quickly by
> > > bike.
> > If I ever had a few weeks of vacation, it probably wouldn't be wasted
> > in Shikoku! (apologies to shikokuans...)
> > I've "done" about 15 of the 88, but only in Tokushima and Ehime, and
> > not in any particular order. If I wanted to get fit or something, then
> > maybe a bike trip. The problem with Shikoku is that its hard to find
> > Guinness on tap.
>
> Never understood the fascination with Guiness; I like British, US, and
> Australian stouts much more. Irish stouts just don't seem to have any
> flavor.

I prefer Beamish or Murphy's to Guinness, but they are even harder to
find, especially on-tap. I don't know of any Australian stouts, and
apart from boutique breweries, didn't know they even exist. Outside
the Irish community in Sydney, nobody I know seems to drink stouts at
all.