THE BEST DAMN CASTLE IN WALES! We sold our house in Aus before we started on our travels in 2013 and haven’t really had any desire to get another one. But today we found our new home! It is just the most adorable place and would make an […]
OKU-IYA EXPLORATIONS Today’s adventures took us further into the Iya Valley – into the Eastern part of the valley, an area known as Oku-Iya. This part of the Iya Valley has no public transport links at all and is even less accessible than Nishi-Iya (i.e. Western Iya), where […]
VIEWS OVER TOKUSHIMA FROM EYEBROW MOUNTAIN Leaving Takamatsu behind, we caught the train to our next destination today: Tokushima. This is another of Shikoku’s urban centres and our base for the next couple of days. It’s a really cute little city, built along the Yoshino River, with Mt […]
LEAVING THE HIGHLANDS, BOUND FOR NARA-SHI Welcome to Nara-shi, blog fans! Nara-shi is a former capital of old world Japan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to some of Japan’s best preserved ancient temples and shrines, and our home-away-from-home for the next few days. We left […]
FROZEN IN FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO-MACHI We like to map out our itineraries based on a things like what sights we want to see; the experiences we want to immerse ourselves into; foods we want to savour; and the weather we’re likely to experience in a place. Weather isn’t everything, but […]
Wandering Soles 