We had been to Hokkaido, the north island of Japan before. We went snowboarding in Niseko in 2013 and we had even flown to the capital of the province Sapporo at that time, but we didn't actually spend any time in Sapporo. Clearly as we had been snowboarding we knew there was a lot of … Continue reading Beer, Christmas Markets And Snow… In Japan
I have covered the wonders of the ancient past in Siem Reap as well as the horrors of the recent past some of which continue into the present. In this blog I plan to talk about some of the social enterprises we visited showing how the Khmer are trying to shape their own future. We visited … Continue reading Building A Future In Siem Reap
So I think I have mentioned before how far behind I am with my blogs. We actually got home before Christmas, but I plan to fill in the gaps. I actually plan to do blogs on either end of the gap until it is filled in. So here is what we spent our last day … Continue reading Our Last Day Traveling
This is not going to be a pleasant blog to write or for you to read, however it is an important one. It has been brought to my attention that I could be using genocide in the wrong context here, however as one of the places covered in this blog is called the Genocide Museum … Continue reading Secret Genocide
We have been to a few different animal places in Japan now, but the most recent and probably the one I was looking forward to the most was Cat Island. We have two adorable cats at home, who we miss very much and my in-laws are very kindly looking after for us while we are … Continue reading Cat Island Near Manga Town
Although I have already written about my experience at Angkor Wat; there is a lot more to the Angkor Temple Complex than that. We visited so many temples while we were in Siem Reap we almost got templed out. Before I go into more detail about the Keep Calm part of my title, with the exception … Continue reading Keep Calm And Angkor On
One of the things we wanted to do while we were in Japan was see the villages and islands that are full of one particular animal that you hear about but aren't sure you can quite believe they exist. The first on our list was Nara, a village known for its friendly deer population. From … Continue reading Oh Deer
Our visit to Singapore was fairly short, on our last day after indulging my husband with some climbing and having a catch up over a drink and some prata with a friend who was working out there at the time we met again with our host. Our meeting point was at the harbour front near … Continue reading How They Grow Trees In Singapore
When we first got to Hiroshima I knew I wanted to visit the torii gate in the sea, I didn't know much about it but it is one of those iconic pictures of Japan that you always see. For a start I thought it was actually in Hiroshima and I thought that it being in … Continue reading Beauty Arround Every Corner
We were slightly ambitious on our second day in Singapore, we had decided we wanted to go to the aquarium in the morning, the zoo in the afternoon and finally the night safari in the evening. We had underestimated how long we would spend in the aquarium so we actually only made it to the … Continue reading Land And Sea
Quite Ready For Another Adventure 