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    Japan: War and Peace

    mari.noonan@gmail.com / November 4, 2024 / 5 Comments

    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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  • Asia,  Travel

    Japan: Chasing the Dream (aka Running from the Rain)

    mari.noonan@gmail.com / October 27, 2024 / 5 Comments

    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

    mari.noonan@gmail.com / October 18, 2024 / 4 Comments

    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✈️✈️

    mari.noonan@gmail.com / October 9, 2024 / 12 Comments

    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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    Tory Island – Timeless and Tantalising❤️

    mari.noonan@gmail.com / July 27, 2024 / 2 Comments

    On a sunny July Sunday, we parked our van in Magheroarty in North West Donegal and walked down the pier to the small passenger ferry to take us to Tory Island, the most…

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