Cycling in Japan!
DAY 1. About a week ago we were back on our bikes, not in Switzerland, but in Japan this time. We cycled from a place called Onimichi on Honshu, to a city called Imabari on…
Ito and the Izu Peninsula
We came to Ito about four or five days ago (as I write this it will become more), we arrived by bus and two trains. When we finally arrived at Ito Station, Chisa, Masaki, Koshiro,…
Japanese Kindness
Japan must be the friendliest place we have visited so far. That is saying something, as we have met so many beautifully kind people pretty much everywhere we have been. Especially in India and in…
Japan: first impressions
Japan has long been a country I’ve wanted to visit, I think since I read that Giles Milton book based on the first Englishman who landed here. Well, it finally happened, and the weeks have…
Adelaide Zoo- THE BEST ZOO EVER!!!
After we came back from camping in the Flinders Ranges, we stayed at Auntie Ree and Uncle Michael’s house for a week. After a few days, we all went out to Adelaide zoo. Specifically, Auntie…
Yorke peninsula and The Block
Peace. Quiet. Freedom, Wildlife, Campfires, crisp Air & blazing Warmth, the vast and stunning Ocean, the miles of pristine empty Beach. These are a few things that come to mind when I think of my…
Gum Creek Station
It’s seven hours of driving from Warooka on Yorke Peninsula up to Gum Creek Station in the northern Flinders Ranges, past Wilpena Pound and just outside the national park. There is very little on the…
Australia – the Return Home Part 2
Three flights and half a day in Singapore airport brings us to Adelaide, doyenne of the south, Montpellier of the antipodes, birthplace of Tim. We calculate that it’s been ten years since we were last…
Island Adventure
Just a few weeks ago,which feels now like a very long time ago, we went on an Island adventure on a little island just of the coast of Koh Jum. We took a kayak that…
Tropical island days
The days always dawn late for us on Koh Jum, as we are often up late the previous night, lying on the beach, star gazing and moon watching. The last couple of nights the full…