18 October 2013 – Mobara, Japan
Nobuhiko, our host, took us to check out a local beach. Sad to leave Japan, it’s a magical place.
Nobuhiko, our host, took us to check out a local beach. Sad to leave Japan, it’s a magical place.
Day 2 on Rabbit Island, Cambodia. Not much to report, just that there are plenty of hammocks for naps. So you should go, and stay awhile 😉
Rolling hills of the Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal, Russia. How many times can you say beautiful, stunning, amazing, vast, breathtaking etc, etc? Doesn’t matter, because it won’t capture the feeling of it all. Island of Olkhon is the largest island in Lake Baikal, and it – along with the Lake (or Sea, as most…
Will you look at this duck?! Most delicious meal at Kispiac Bizstro in Budapest – we rarely do this, but we ate there twice. Ridiculously delicious. As is all the food we’ve tried in Hungary. If you have no other reasons to come to this beautiful city — do it for the food. Do it…
We weren’t planning on India in January — but sometimes it happens, eh? We had a couple of routes in mind for SE Asia and India, and chose this one because of budget and convenience. We will be back in Bangkok on 25 February to start our adventure in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. In the…
Laos is the most bombed country on earth. Ever. Statistics publicized by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) put the precise number at one planeload of bombs, every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years. That’s about 2 million tones of ordnance. The countryside of Laos — sadly contaminated by UXO today. Phonsavan, Laos. Unless you’ve…