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Hiroshima and Miyajima
By April 11, 2012 Read More →

Hiroshima and Miyajima

Traveling from Osaka to Hiroshima Our first journey from Osaka took us to Hiroshima, and gave us our inaugural ride on the bullet train.   A mere hour and half after stepping on at Shin-Osaka we were in Hiroshima, 306km away.  We had hurtled there at over 180kmph through tunnels and along the Shinkansen high speed track. We […]

Posted in: Japan
First Stop in Japan is Osaka

First Stop in Japan is Osaka

We have been in Japan for a week now and I am only just getting round to writing up our first blog. Why? Japan is busy, its fast and we are trying to pack in as much as we can into our three weeks. Our flight from Manila was perfectly fine especially as we managed […]

Posted in: Japan
Diving in Bohol

Diving in Bohol

In our last travel blog post I mentioned that I had done another diving course.  I’ve included some underwater photographs and videos taken whilst I was on this course.  We stayed in Bohol, longer than anywhere else in the Philippines, because of the excellent diving sites at very reasonable prices.   Bohol is a magnet […]

Posted in: Philippines
Bohol, Tarsiers and Zips

Bohol, Tarsiers and Zips

A delay in this post has been caused by very slow internet connections throughout the last part of our travels in the Philippines.  Apologies.  However, it now means you have a fun packed bumper blog of travel frustrations, cute monkeys, the chocolate hills and a small slightly disappointing beach. Weather Retreat Given the weather we […]

Posted in: Philippines
Donsol, Whale Sharks and Legazpi

Donsol, Whale Sharks and Legazpi

Reluctant as we were to leave the beauty of Saud beach we had a lot more Filipino treasures to explore.  From the relaxing, serene shores of Saud beach, we headed south towards Donsol in search of some whale sharks.   The weather proved challenging, but the wildlife made it all worthwhile. From Pagudpud we reversed […]

Posted in: Philippines