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The sea-route to Singapore: 6th – 14th November 2024
Read more: The sea-route to Singapore: 6th – 14th November 2024Weather issues have been instrumental in a couple of changes to our route and may yet play more of a role as we head west towards Singapore. Our first unanticipated stop was in Kaohsiung in Taiwan, a surprisingly sunny part of the world with 300 days of sunshine a year. We took an Oceania tour…
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Leaving Japan the slow way: 29th October – 4th November 2024
Read more: Leaving Japan the slow way: 29th October – 4th November 2024There are pluses and minuses to travelling on a cruise ship. The biggest plus for us was seeing some previously unvisited parts of the world prior to arriving in Sydney on the 2nd Dec. The biggest minus is often having just a few hours to get out and see or do something memorable, if indeed…
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Japan: 20th October – 28th October 2024
Read more: Japan: 20th October – 28th October 2024Released from the group into the Japanese wilderness we left Iruka by bus, caught the 4 hour train to Osaka and said our goodbyes. Our temporary new home was a 30+ storey hotel over the station but our early arrival meant we could catch a bullet train to Kyoto for some sightseeing. However, being a…