In your planning for Japan you may think that seeing a modern city like Tokyo means that you don’t need to see another modern Japanese city such as Osaka…think again! Osaka is filled with unique and wonderful sights that will easily keep you busy for a few days – antiquity in modern surroundings at the …
Kyoto is only a couple of hours on the Shinkansen from Tokyo, but it is a world away from the bright lights, big city feel of Japan’s capital. Kyoto itself actually means Capital, named as such as the Capital of Calm and Peace when it was founded as the seat of the country; this was …
Welcome back to Tokyo and our tours around this amazing city, in this blog we are going to take you to the weird and wonderful Shibuya, the CBD of Nihonbashi, cycle you around Sumida and a visit to the more traditional areas of Kagurazaka and Yanaka. A lot to fit in, so let’s get going! …
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Let’s get into Tokyo; it’s a pretty big place and there is so much to see, so we are going to divide the city up into some of its key districts that could be a city in themselves and could fill several days of travel on their own. In this blog we’ll cover Ginza and …
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Quite literally at centre of Europe is the Baltic state of Lithuania. For many years occupied by the Soviet Union, but now open to all for culture, pilgrimage, great beer, filling food and even a breakaway republic. Our trip started over Easter weekend, when many southern parts of Europe are basking in spring sunshine, but …
Sri Lanka is a relatively compact island (around 430 km long and 230 km wide) just of the south coast of India. Influenced by the nearby sub continent but also very distinct in its culture, nature and sights to see. Sri Lanka makes for a great trip in itself, or coupled with a trip to …
This is one blog that won’t need very many words, you will easily see the stunning beauty of the Maldives in the pictures that come… and when your paradise is just 800m long and 300m wide then there’s not much more to describe than the alluring water and the abundant life in the seas surrounding …
When the summer has almost come to an end and it’s starting to become a bit chilly in the north then get yourself on a plane and head to South Eastern Europe and one of its jewels – Bulgaria. A trip here will be filled with beautiful churches and monasteries, spectacular landscapes, cobble-stoned alleys, colourful …
With place names such us Transylvania, Wallachia, Bran, Peleș, Viscri and Sighișoara on your itinerary, then it is hard not to be constantly thinking and looking out for Bram Stoker’s Dracula in every corner of your trip. Romania is so much more than this 19th Century story of the 15th century prince – Vlad the …
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Our trip to Jordan marked our first real foray into the Middle East, and what a wonderful start to this mysterious and enigmatic part of the world. Yes, technically you could say that we had already visited Egypt…but really that sits in North Africa, a whole different continent away from Jordan! We had about 10 …