Surfing USA

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 […]

Our Big Day Out On Oahu

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 […]

The Crazy Cat Cafe

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 […]

Non stop in Kyoto

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 […]

Hiroshima

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 […]

Osaka

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 […]

A quick stop in Ho Chi Minh City

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, […]

Oh what a flight!

Now I might be far too used to flying with Flybe to and from the Isle of Man to really know what long haul flights are like these days but all I can say is that Rich and I are massive fans of Turkish airlines! Rich usually gets excited about meals on planes (I’ve still […]

If preparation is key, we’re screwed!

For two highly organised people, Rich and I haven’t exactly been overly prepared for our round the world adventure but this trip came something out of the blue and with only a 40 litre backpack each to use for the year ahead (out of choice, not necessity), we don’t have a lot of room to […]