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Indelible impressions from Japanese Hot Springs

JAPAN | Tuesday, 1 Jan 2008 | Views [9951]

Travellers often avoid Japan because of it's reputation for being expensive. This was certainly true a decade or so ago, but these days it's quite the bargain. We visit Japan fairly regularly and go to get our fix of two things: the food ... Read more >

Tags: culture, japan, onsen, hot springs, children, tokyo, experience


Macchu Picchu

PERU | Saturday, 27 Feb 1999 | Views [1064]

Soaking in the hot springs, surrounded by the soaring peaks of the Andes, with Machu Picchu shrouded in cloud and gentle rain falling on may face, I contemplate that we very nearly didn't come. Tourist sites with their naieve Americans and loud, arrogant, ... Read more >

Tags: people, hot springs, temple, ruins



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