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Turtle Pyramids

JAPAN | Saturday, 7 Jun 2008 | Views [44]

Turtle pyramid - a major battle for the best rock spot in the pond!! Although, it all happened in such slo-mo it was hard to follow the action . . . < Toji temple gardens > We are finding Kyoto to be such an amazing city.  We`ve been constantly ... Read more >

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. . . we made it to Kyoto

JAPAN | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [52]

(Bashful grin) well, we are in Kyoto now.  We were just looking through our dates this morning before we got on the shinkasen (awesome awesome trains!!) and realised our 21 day pass is almost up (hides behind a coffee table in case anyone is booing).... Read more >


Mt. Fuji

JAPAN | Monday, 26 May 2008 | Views [56]

Mount Fuji is incredible!  When we first arrived we couldn`t actually see Fuji due to the cloud cover but when we eventually did it was peering over the top of the clouds . . . having never seen any "real" mountains it was momentarily surreal.... Read more >

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Islands and Volcanos

JAPAN | Friday, 23 May 2008 | Views [36]

Highlights of Kyushu - Yakushima, an amazing island - if you want to visit make you sure you give it at least a couple of days - it`s tiny but there are lots of walks .  The little bit that we got to see blew our breaths away.  The forest feels ancient, ... Read more >


At Home

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [55] | Comments [3]

Hello :D This is the right place to find our tales of adventure.  I know most of you are far more adventure hardened than us so mayhaps you will cringe at our bumblings and misdoings in the land of Japan.  But I hope you will enjoy reading about our ... Read more >

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