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Kyoto After a very busy day in Hong Kong, on Tuesday we set off for another country that I've be

Bye bye Hong Kong. Take off on the Hong Kong Express. Hello Japan. Home for 6 nights. My pod at the Kyoto hotel.

Hong Kong whistle stop tour After a quiet weekend in Bangkok I travelled to Hong Kong to meet my tra

Views of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island from Victoria Peak. Funicular railway 🚃 which runs up and down Victoria Peak. Downtown Hong Kong...

My last full day in Laos was absolutely magical as I found out about an Elephant Sanctuary where you

Following all the excitement of the air balloon, a cycle ride to the Blue Lagoon and lots of yummy s

The world’s most scenic toilet. Taking precautions for the 8 hour bus journey. Traditional dress at the museum of ethonography in Luang...

Steph’s review of the hot air balloon experience for trip advisor - need to get mine written up!

Steph thinking about the film Final Destination, just after we hit the tree! The trip advisor review.

After drifting further and further from the town, the pilot started to descend, picking a rice field

The field we eventually landed in. After the terrifying air balloon experience and emergency landing. The mountain in the distance was...

After about 30 minutes in the air the pilot started to look for a place to land. The wind didn’t see

Our pilot considering where to land.. obviously not the town ... perhaps the river .... or the tree ...

The hot air balloonI took quite a long time to make the decision about whether or not to sign up to

Previous flight landing. Perhaps fate was trying to tell me something when I slept through my alarm and had just 2 minutes to dress and...

After a four hour journey through the beautiful limestone landscapes of Laos we arrived in Vien Vang

One of the most popular activities on offer is tubing down the Nam Som River. We signed up to a tubing experience, which basically...

After an amazing 5 weeks, and one visa extension in Cambodia, I arrived in the capital city of Laos,

During the American/ Vietnam war, Laos remained a neutral country, however between 1964 and 1973, during the years of the secret war, 2...

After 149 days, 11 countries, 4 continents,22 flights, 24,000 miles, 8 weeks voluntary work, 125 blo

Back to Havana for the last time this trip. Our final casa, with the now familiar endless flights of

Our week exploring Havana and Western Cuba by land was complete but Saturday marked the next leg of

Back in Havana - We really didn’t want to leave Las Terrazas, it was so pretty and scenic and the ho

Our last stop before heading back to Havana was Las Terrazas. This beautiful town was established as

Following two wonderful days in Vinales, the Cuban checklist covered,and with an increasing understa

Vinales Our next full day in Vinales started with a four hour walking tour through the famous valley

After a good nights sleep at the casa and a typical Cuban breakfast of bread fruit and eggs we start

We arrived in Havana on Saturday 2nd December after an early flight from Toronto Airport. After care

Back in the land of wifi and shops with stuff! Cuba was a fascinating place. The guide book said to

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