ICELAND | Friday, 18 Apr 2014 | Views [2933]
Blue Lagoon is justly famous in Iceland. It is also probably the most touristy place you will visit on your journey. Not to say it is a bad thing but just be ready for waves of people coming in on large tour buses going either to or from the airport.... Read more >
Tags: blue lagoon, geothermal, hot springs, iceland, keflavik airport, reykjavik
ICELAND | Saturday, 15 Mar 2014 | Views [3180]
I admit I’m not the biggest Game of Thrones fan out there. Blasphemy? Well, maybe. I read the first four of the A Song of Ice and Fire books back in the early to mid-2000’s and sort of gave up; too many characters, too many subplots, ... Read more >
Tags: akureyri, game of thrones, got, hot springs, iceland, jeep tour, mud pits, waterfall
JAPAN | Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 | Views [1839]
I had a chance to visit an onsen hotel last weekend in Ikeda called Fushiokaku (http://www.fushioukaku.co.jp/english/index.html) and it was quite a treat. My friend and I walked into our lovely spacious (well, spacious for Japan) hotel room, plopped ... Read more >
Tags: autumn, culture, fall, hot springs, japan, kouyou, onsen, osaka, red leaves, rotenburo