Sydney to Tokyo
April 23, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Today was the start of our trip and we flew from Sydney to Tokyo. We arrived late afternoon in Tokyo and managed to make our way from the airport by subway to the E-Hotel Shinjuku. Tokyo is superRead more
Tokyo
April 24, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
First day of exploring Tokyo so we decided to be super touristy and do the open top bus to see as much of the city as possible. Thankfully the weather held out while we were on the open top bus. WeRead more
Harajuku & Meiji-Jingu Gyoen
April 25, 2018 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
We took the train to Harajuku to visit Meiji-Jingu Gyoen and explore the famous Takeshita-dori Street. We stopped to have some tasty noodles and tempura at the station... thank god for the bibs!!Read more
Bullet train to Hakone
April 26, 2018 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
We left Tokyo today and travelled by bullet train to Hakone to stay in a cute Japanese inn called Yoshiike Ryokan which has an amazing onsen. We arrived in enough time to take the ropeway, cable carRead more
Last day in Hakone and train to Kyoto
April 27, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
After a traditional Japanese breakfast and a walk around the hotels stunning gardens it’s back on the bullet train to Kyoto
Kyoto
April 28, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We took a walk to the Southern Higashiyama area to check out the stunning temples. It was such a stunning day and so many people walking around in traditional Kimonos. We walked for hours and had aRead more
Kyoto
April 29, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today’s our last day in Kyoto so we packed as much as we could in starting with the morning at Nijo-jo castle and finished the afternoon at Fushimi Inari-Taisha which is a mountain with endlessRead more
Osaka
April 30, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We took the bullet train from Kyoto to Osaka today and are having a night of luxury in the Westin. We went to Osaka-jo Castle during the day and then went to Dotombori in the evening for the mostRead more
Hiroshima and Miyajima
May 1, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today we arrived in Hiroshima and as we do t have long here we dumped our bags and went straight to Miyajima island.... wow what an amazing place! It has a huge Torii shrine in the water and stunningRead more
Hiroshima War Memorial
May 2, 2018 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
A visit in the pouring rain to the Hiroshima War Memorial. A very interesting, but terribly sad memorial and museum.
Shanghai
May 3, 2018 in China ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today we had an early start and travelled from Hiroshima to Shanghai via Tokyo. When we arrived in Shanghai we took the Maglev to the city, which is the fastest magnetic levitation train in the worldRead more
Walk around Shanghai
May 4, 2018 in China ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We had a free day today to explore before meeting the tour group at night so we walked down the Bund and took a ferry to the other side of the river to check out the Oriental Pear Tower. We went for aRead more
Walking tour of Shanghai
May 5, 2018 in China ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today we joined our tour group for a walking tour of Shanghai along the Bund, Yu Garden and the French concession area of the city. The weather was quite wet so a few of us found a nice littleRead more
Xitang and overnight train to Xi'an
May 6, 2018 in China ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
To we left Shanghai to go visit a water village called Xitang which is about 90 mins away from Shanghai. We walked around the little water streets and went to a little cafe which took over an hour toRead more
Xi'an
May 7, 2018 in China ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After a night roughing it on the sleeper train we checked in at the HNA hotel in Xi’an and headed out to get “pancakes” which actually turned out to be a stall which sold a bread filled withRead more
Day trip to the Terricotta Warriors
May 8, 2018 in China ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We started the day with a lovely Chinese dumpling breakfast and headed to the terracotta warriors. We had an amazing day looking at the 2000 warriors which have been uncovered and restored. After theRead more
Bullet train from Xi'an to Beijing
May 9, 2018 in China ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A long day of travelling today travelling from Xi’an to Beijing by bullet train for 6 hours then a 4 hour bus to a small guesthouse near the Great Wall. The guesthouse is really clean and we had aRead more
The Great Wall
May 10, 2018 in China ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today we went for a walk along a 7km section of the Great Wall and I asked my best friend to marry me surrounded by the beautiful sight of the Great Wall a day and feeling I’ll never forget. NowRead more
Last day in Beijing with the tour group
May 11, 2018 in China ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Last day of our guided tour stared with dumplings, congee and spring rolls for breakfast with the group. After breakfast we went for a walking tour of Tiananmen Square which is massive and can hold 1Read more
Last day in Beijing
May 12, 2018 in China ⋅ 🌫 23 °C
Last day in Beijing so we took a walk through the Hutong (traditional streets) and came across an upmarket French bakery so overloaded on carbs for breakfast!!! In the afternoon we went for a walkRead more
Colombo
May 13, 2018 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After a night of flying we arrived early to the Galle Face Hotel and thankfully they took pity on us and checked us in early. We had a walk around the immediate area and relaxed by the pool. In theRead more
Exploring Colombo
May 14, 2018 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We took a walk in the sweltering heat around the old streets of Colombo... wow a totally different world! In the evening we went to Ministry of Crab for dinner 🦀
Bentota
May 15, 2018 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Today we experienced the Sri Lankan railway which was definitely an experience. We had 2nd class tickets and once onboard the train we had to find seats on the already busy carriages. Thankfully weRead more
Galle
May 20, 2018 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We’ve had a lovely 5 nights of relaxation at the Centara in Bentota. The weather was really mixed and the town of Bentota very small with lots of people hassling for business, so we didn’t ventureRead more
Galle Fort
May 21, 2018 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today we expired the beautiful old Galle Fort in the morning and then enjoyed an afternoon by the pool.