After our sightseeing day on Oahu we enjoyed a relaxing day on Waikiki beach, soaking up the sunshine, playing in the shallow water and watching beach side entertainment in the form of Hula dancers. We also had a little bit of retail therapy and treated ourselves to a few purchases to replace our worn out items and […]
Read more "Surfing USA"After a seven hour and ten minute flight with Korean Air from Tokyo, Rich and I set foot in a place of my dreams, Hawaii. Ever since I watched Surf Girls, an MTV reality show where amateur surfers compete to become professionals, I have dreamt of living the chilled out, relaxed and equally exhilarating life […]
Read more "Our Big Day Out On Oahu"We were thrilled to be able to pack so much into our short stay in Japan and with a few hours available for us to see a bit more before we caught our flight out of the country, we left our hostel early in the morning to make the most of our last few hours […]
Read more "Farewell Japan"After our rather relaxed day yesterday, Rich and I decided to make the most of a full day sight seeing in Tokyo, starting by taking in panoramic views of the city from the observation decks in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. “Standing at the bottom we looked up at the gargantuan building beside us.” There are […]
Read more "Tokyo"After a few busy days of sightseeing so far in Japan, we decided to start our time in Tokyo with a more relaxed pace. I love a nice cup of tea and Rich loves cats, so we headed to the Cat Cafe Calico in the Kabuki-cho district of Shinjuku to experience both at the same time! Cat […]
Read more "The Crazy Cat Cafe"Checking out of our hostel at seven o’clock in the morning, an early start saw Rich and I fully loaded with our backpacks on the city trains heading to Kyoto, thirty five miles away. We had a full day of sightseeing planned in Kyoto before heading on to Tokyo at the end of the day. Our first […]
Read more "Non stop in Kyoto"Our day trip to Hiroshima started with a ride on the Shinkansen bullet train. Travelling at speeds of up to two hundred miles per hour we covered the two hundred and five mile journey in a mere one hour and forty minutes. The Shinkansen bullet train was amazing, it departed Osaka right on time and arrived in […]
Read more "Hiroshima"The first stop on our Japanese adventure was the city of Osaka. After flying the not so direct route from Ho Chi Minh City to Osaka via Bangkok, we were once again rather tired on our late night arrival! We had planned our six night stay in Japan well in advance of arriving, not least […]
Read more "Osaka"From Hoi An our Vietnamese adventure headed five hundred and eighty miles further south, via the sleeper train, to Ho Chi Minh City (still commonly called Saigon). The seventeen and a half hour train journey was very much the same as our last, except this time we boarded at half past eleven in the morning, […]
Read more "A quick stop in Ho Chi Minh City"From Hanoi, Rich and I were heading south through Vietnam. The small city of Hoi An, a UNESCO world heritage site, was our next destination and our chosen method of transport was the sleeper train! We stocked up on food and water for our sixteen hour train ride and boarded in Hanoi at around seven o’clock in […]
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Lambs on the loose 