Margaret R Kelly

Margaret R Kelly – Writer & Travelling Raconteur 

I write. I travel. I read. I learn. I dream and I live my dream.

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  • Taking the Tokyo Subway

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    This is the statue of Hachiko, Japan’s equivalent of Scotland’s Greyfriars Bobby (photo copyright Alan Bailey). It’s at Shibuya Station in Tokyo, beside the must-see ‘Shibuya Scramble’ pedestrian crossing (best viewed from the Shibuya Sky Building), a great shopping district (a mega Don Quijote store and a huge new shopping precinct called Miyashita Park) and…

  • Five Mystical Things About Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland

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    It added to the depth of the experience that no-one was allowed to take photos inside Rosslyn Chapel when my brother and I visited it on a cold November afternoon. It meant we could really concentrate on the breathtaking intricacy of the stonework and the overwhelming symbolism of the artwork. Outside was a different matter.…

  • Four Days in Beijing

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    It doesn’t seem to be common knowledge that since 2024, but only until the 31st December, 2026, tourists travelling on an Australian passport can spend up to thirty days in China without a visa.  We were in Beijing in early December. By surviving flights with Air China, travelling with lots of people toting rice cookers…