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Waterfall of Meteors
Ploughing through the snow up the steep side of a cliff was a momentous challenge. Earlier in the day, molly and I had arrived at...
Alice
Apr 24, 20182 min read
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Embrace the natural
For any westerner, the idea of walking into a public bath completely bare is a daunting prospect. The Japanese tradition of the onsen is...
Alice
Apr 20, 20181 min read
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The search for something more...
It's been a while since I wrote my last blog, as I simply don't know what to say. So far, sapporo hasn't quite been what we expected....
Alice
Apr 19, 20181 min read
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Go out on a high
How many people can say that they have eaten at a fine dining restaurant, in a beautiful rooftop garden at the top of a sky scraper in...
Alice
Apr 15, 20181 min read
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The Giant Buddha
It was hard for him to sit still. He could hear the bustling of people all around him, their voices sounded like whispers from all the...
Alice
Apr 14, 20182 min read
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And the mountains echo
The mountains and the hills we see are the creases in the Earth's skin. When mother nature smiles, great rifts and cracks appear on the...
Alice
Apr 12, 20181 min read
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The district
Tokyo is exactly as I expected, a massive city, with so many people you don’t know which way to turn in a crowd, and huge buildings with...
Alice
Apr 10, 20181 min read
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Philosophers walk
Philosophers walk is very beautiful, with bridges hoping across the river every few feet, and pale pink mixed in amongst the shades of...
Alice
Apr 8, 20181 min read
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Blots of paint
The heavens are full of tiny holes where the water falls through. In the garden, flowers were heavy with little orbs of half-rain,...
Alice
Apr 6, 20181 min read
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12,000 steps
The fox moved effortlessly out of the forest, past the trees and through the red pillars. She paused to read the kanji, freshly painted...
Alice
Apr 5, 20182 min read
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Arashiama Bamboo Grove
This is the first attraction we have been to see that didn’t meet my expectations. I thought it would be like a forest of bright green...
Alice
Apr 4, 20181 min read
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Rondeslottet
An ache with the fire of a thousand splendid suns has hit me today. I think I have walked farther in this last week than the entire year...
Alice
Apr 2, 20181 min read
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A quarter of a century
It was mollys birthday, and we journeyed back to the deer park for the last time before moving on to Kyoto. We spent most of the day...
Alice
Apr 1, 20181 min read
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The travelling part of travelling
A world of hang nails, sore feet, and awkward bags. Trying to navigate the stairs in the train station with a backpack almost a third of...
Alice
Mar 27, 20181 min read
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An unexpected journey...
Sitting in a park in the heart of a city, surrounded by sakura trees and the sound of running water is one of the most peaceful things I...
Alice
Mar 26, 20181 min read
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Into the city
Osaka City reminds me a little of Boston, with its tall glass buildings that reflect the sun in all directions. But there are so many...
Alice
Mar 24, 20181 min read
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Home is behind, the world ahead...
And when I say the world, I mean lots of planes and hours passing time in airports. The journey here was tough. Going through Chinese...
Alice
Mar 24, 20181 min read
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