CAMBODIA | Saturday, 5 Dec 2015 | Photo Gallery
Angkor Wat temples
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THAILAND | Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015 | Photo Gallery
Chiang Mai Loy Krathong festival
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LAOS | Saturday, 7 Nov 2015 | Photo Gallery
Laos
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 3 Nov 2015 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 3 Nov 2015 | Views [365]
Having spent the summer in a perfect job for travellers working at a brilliant campsite in the Lake District, we left the darkening nights of November to head off to Thailand for a couple of months, spending a little time in Laos and Cambodia as well.... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 2 Nov 2015 | Photo Gallery
The Lake District - one of my favourite places
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TANZANIA | Monday, 22 Sep 2014 | Views [723]
At the moment we are in Tanzania on an expedition with Raleigh International. Before we started here, we went on a superb safari to the National Parks of the Serengeti and Ngonrongoro Crater. We went with Duma Safaris, making up a group of six, which ... Read more >
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TANZANIA | Wednesday, 17 Sep 2014 | Photo Gallery
Tanzanian Safari
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MALAYSIA | Monday, 8 Sep 2014 | Views [536]
After an amazing 9 months, our "Round the Pacific" journey is about to end (but we have loved it so much, we want to do it all over again!)
We will soon be setting off on our next adventure - a 3 month expedition with the charity, Raleigh International, ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 2 Sep 2014 | Photo Gallery
Seventh leg - Malaysia
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MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 2 Sep 2014 | Views [659]
We have just had a totally relaxing week in the Perhentian Islands, off the Malaysian East Coast. The two islands are covered with jungle, fringed with perfect yellow sandy beaches and surrounded by coral. We had some very chilled, lazy days snorkelling ... Read more >
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JAPAN | Friday, 22 Aug 2014 | Views [788]
We decided to take a walk up a holy mountain, Ishizuchi-san, the highest mountain in western Japan (1982 metres), whilst we were in Shikoku. A cable car takes you up part of the way, then a stepped path leads up past shrines to the summit. There ... Read more >
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JAPAN | Sunday, 17 Aug 2014 | Views [530]
For just 500 yen a day (less than £3), we hired a bike each (choice of "sporting" or "comfort"), to ride a cycle path which links Shikoku Island with Honshu Island, via seven islands in Japan's Inland Sea.
The cycle path runs for 70km along ... Read more >
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JAPAN | Sunday, 17 Aug 2014 | Views [516]
There are literally hundreds of temples and shrines in Japan, especially in Kyoto. They range from the ultra-ornate, such as Kinkakuji, "the Golden Temple", to small, moss covered ones hidden between mid-rise concrete buildings. Some have immense Buddhas ... Read more >
JAPAN | Sunday, 17 Aug 2014 | Views [470]
We saw geishas!!!
Whilst we were in Kyoto, there was a special event we went to. Served with cold beer and green beans (yes, that's right, green beans!), we were entertained by Maiko dancers (Maiko are apprentice Geishas just completing ... Read more >
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JAPAN | Sunday, 10 Aug 2014 | Views [488]
We've been asked a bit more about what Japanese food is like, particularly whether there is a lot of sushi.
The main staple food seems to be sticky rice which is eaten at almost every meal including breakfast. And a little pot of miso soup. Then add ... Read more >
JAPAN | Sunday, 10 Aug 2014 | Views [542]
As you would expect, the Japanese train system is excellent - extremely clean, punctual and frequent. We love the bullet trains (Shinkansen) that whisk you through the country at top speed (we estimated our one yesterday was going at least 200 mph).... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 8 Aug 2014 | Views [523]
The city of Sendai celebrates a love story each August. And everyone loves a good love story!
There seem to be various legends behind it but the one we were told by the Sendai tourist office was this:
According to Chinese legend, two stars, Altair ... Read more >
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JAPAN | Thursday, 7 Aug 2014 | Views [480]
The Chinese-inspired Aomori Nebuta festival, in the North of Honshu, is an incredible spectacle. Several parades take place, each made up of giant floats; bands of drummers, flautists and hand cymbalists; and groups of dancers accompanied by "jokers" ... Read more >
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JAPAN | Friday, 1 Aug 2014 | Views [483]
Each year for the past 400 years, the villagers of Gujo-Hachiman have taken to the streets for a dancing festival called O-Bon. It originated from Shinto-Buddhist religious beliefs that ancestors' spirits return from the dead for a few days around the ... Read more >
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