Background story.

In 2009 The Boss went to Japan for the Solar Eclipse but also to see a bit of the country while there.
This she accomplished despite the evil weather she encountered. The day of the eclipse was probably some of the worst rain and resulted in the eclipse being a complete washout. What made it worse is that I saw the whole thing courtesy of a live feed from one of the American University teams who were covering it. Now that The Boss had joined the ranks of eclipse chasers future trips were studied in detail and the one in northern Australia 13th November was now being touted as a possibility.
We knew two people who were going and they did their best to put the pressure on but there were two things that stood in the way, cost being the main one and then the fact that I dont do aeroplanes which would mean Me going by surface ship to Australia! Costs and time constraints being My main concern the eclipse chasing plan was a non starter or so I thought. We subsequently found out after the event that three of our friends were in Australia and had a great time.