Secret Genocide

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

Cat Island Near Manga Town

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

 Keep Calm And Angkor On

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

How They Grow Trees In Singapore

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

Beauty Arround Every Corner

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

Land And Sea

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

Robots

While in Tokyo we had a few experiences with robots that I would like to share with you, most of these are not necessarily robots in the traditional sense, but more for entertainment. We have been to Tokyo before and at that point we did most of the touristy things, including seeing Asimo, so this … Continue reading Robots

Visiting A Man-Made Island

When we were traveling in China one of our group was kind enough to offer us a place to stay, should we find ourselves in Singapore. Singapore had not initially been on our itinerary, however with such an offer how could we turn it down, after all one of the reasons it was not on … Continue reading Visiting A Man-Made Island

Short But Sweet

After our interesting week with Fuze Ecoteer we needed some time to relax. We had decided to head to George Town in Penang, which I am very sad to hear has recently had some flash flooding. Our initial intention was to use George Town as a stop-gap on the way to Thailand by bus, but it … Continue reading Short But Sweet