Kia ora from the Land of the Long White Cloud cuzzie bro’s! Welcome to New Zealand (NZ) loyal blog fans. After 6 months of working hard (or hardly working, I forget which it is), we decided to treat ourselves to a Kiwi* Christmas! My brother’s living over here […]
Heading home…. Today our holiday officially came to an end. We’re heading home tonight and, as always when holidays end, it’s bitter sweet. Sweet in terms of remebering the experiences we’ve had, the things we’ve seen, and the people we’ve met; but bitter in that it’s all over! […]
Going hanami at Koshimizu Gensei-kaen Hanami (translation = flower viewing) is the traditional Japanese custom of taking pleasure in the transient beauty of flowers. Most commonly it is used in reference to the enjoyment of spring cherry blossoms, but can be used in any context. Given it’s spring up here […]
A Shiretokular day for cruising! Today was magnificent – sunshine, blue skies, barely a wisp of wind, and a flat, glassy expanse of ocean. It was, in fact, a perfect day for cruising…. which is exactly what we did! We were told that one of […]
If you go down into the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise… coz it’s “Bear Aware Season”! We went hiking around the Five Lakes area within Shiretoko National Park today and it was glorious. We had full sun, blue skies, and a gentle zephyr keeping us […]