Category: Travel
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The Hungry traveller top 10 places to visit next!
Okay so with a lot of time on my hands I have been thinking about travel. Where I want to go to next and what food do I want to eat. When it comes to travel I am always led by my stomach. With unemployment dooming I know that I may have free time but…
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My backpack love: buying a backpack a quick review
When we knew we were going to Japan I knew I wanted a back pack. It was an essential for travel and for just meandering around. I really wanted a cute bag but it had to be practical. We were travelling around Japan and had two single night trips planned. This meant all our bits…
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My love of Japanese wooden dolls and changing my spending habits
So even though I love to travel and explore, I am not on the biggest wage so when it comes to spending money there are only a few things I like to invest in. Travel and experiences, I don’t mind, meals and nights out I think are memory makers, so if I blow my budget…
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Snow boarding japan Yamagata
So firstly if you are just reading this post I should let you know that in March 2020 I honeymoone in Japan. This was at the start of Covid 19 when it was just called the Corona virus and the British government said it was safe to go! So off we flew with the air…
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7 Things I didn’t expect about Japan
We did a lot of research before we went to Japan. We learned about Japanese etiquette so we didn’t insult anyone. Japan is super forgiving if you apologise but somethings still surprised us about Japan. So here is 7 things we didn’t expect about Japan. For the love of eggs The Japanese love eggs, boiled,…
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Onsens let’s get naked and talk body confidence
Firstly if you think I have body confidence you are mistaken. My pale chubby body is not a sight for sore eyes, even mine. I have gained a little weight since the wedding and I am not happy about it. I do appreciate my body, don’t get me wrong, it is fairly healthy and fairly…
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Hotels we stayed in Japan
If your planning a trip to Japan then you may be interested in hotels we stayed it. I won’t put the prices up as it will change when you get there. Before we left I popped all our hotels in my Google maps so that I could find them quickly on my phone. They were…
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A few days in Hiroshima
Originally when I was first planning our trip I almost dismissed Hiroshima and thought we could do it all in a day. This was foolish. What I have learned the most from travelling is that you should spend 2 days somewhere as a minimum. Try to make them two whole days not two half ones!!…
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Hakone, I wish I stayed a wee bit longer
So lots of Japanese people head to Hakone for the Onsens. Being tourists we wanted to see Mount Fuji, take a trip in the pirate ship, eat volcano cooked eggs and take the ropeways. Which is fine but we didn’t really get out to the restaurant and walk anywhere but the touristy areas. And there…
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First day in Tokyo… an early start
When we arrived at Tokyo it was 6am and we were understandably tired. Our hotel would not let us check in Till 3, so we had some time to kill. Our hotel was in Shinjuku and we decided to head there and just have a walk around and take in the sights. Our luggage was…
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