Asia
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Malaysia/Thailand: Monkeys Everywhere
After enjoying a few days in George Town, the largest town in Penang Island, we were keen to explore more of the island so we booked three night in Tony’s Guesthouse, a hostel…
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Japan: Highs and Lows
Now that we are back home from our six-week trip in a campervan around fascinating Japan, it’s time to reflect on our experience. We flew into and out of Osaka and in between travelled…
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Japan: Kyoto, City of Crowded Charms
We arrived in Kyoto in the dark after a six-hour journey from the Sandan Gorge. We hadn’t planned on such a long drive, thinking that we would stop somewhere along the way but…
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Japan: Holy Mountains and Glorious Gorges
Our visit to Fukuoka didn’t start well. The traffic was horrendous as we made our way into the city from Nagasaki. Fukuoka is the largest city in Kyushu (one of the main four…
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Japan: War and Peace
In my last post, I said that we were hoping to leave Amami Island, a small island in the East China Sea a few days early because there was a risk of a…
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Japan: Chasing the Dream (aka Running from the Rain)
We are in the terminal building standing in a queue to buy tickets for the ferry to Beppu in Kyushu when several phones, including Caoimhin’s, start making strange sounds simultaneously. It’s an emergency…
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Japan in a Van
Japan is a country of surprises. We are enthralled by its natural beauty, the tree-clad mountains and the numerous Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines nestling among cedar trees above swirling clouds. On a much…
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Journey to Japan✈️✈️
Our journey was longer than expected. We flew Qatar Airlines from Dublin to Doha (Qatar) and onwards to Osaka in Japan but delays leaving Dublin meant that we missed our connecting flight in…
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Philippines – the Highs and Lows
We are home – back after more than ten weeks wandering around the Philippines. Adjusting slowly to the dramatic change in temperature, wearing jumpers and jackets in a cool, breezy Irish May but…
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Philippines – Burial Rites and Birthdays
After our hugely enjoyable trekking in the rice terraces around Banaue in Northern Luzon, we were on the move again to another mountain town about a three hour van-ride away. As soon as…
