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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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 …
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 …
Back again for our full tour of Cuba, having started in Havana, then moving to the other main towns and cities that the country has to offer, and now Part III will unveil some of the best spots to basque in the sun and take a nice refreshing dip in the sea…it’s time to look …
With a car and chauffeur (Matt) we had the whole of Cuba to see and explore. In the space of two and a half weeks you can pretty much cover all of the western and central parts of Cuba that need to be seen…getting down to Santiago in the eastern tip of the country however, …
So our tour of Cuba’s sights finishes with all of the other sights that you will get to see between the colourful cities and the stunning beaches…the countryside of Cuba. In this part of the trip you’ll see lots of green, rivers, waterfalls and caves; things get a bit more adventurous in this blog, but …
A bit of a travel back in time for our blog posts to 2012 when summers were longer, budgets smaller and our taste for adventure just as hungry as today and we ventured into the unknown of Cuba. Although in a time-warp for decades, Cuba has seen a big transformation over the past few years, …
Another look back to our travelling history and to one of the most enchantingly wild parts of Europe…Iceland. Back in 2011 Iceland was still recovering from the infamy of a financial crisis that spread to most of the world and the eruption of its tongue twister volcano Eyjafjallajökull that pretty much shut down travel around …
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