Tucson Arizona was the one place in America I wanted to see, and travelling on the Sunset Limited from L.A. to New Orleans was the one journey I wanted to take. For my birthday, around New Years, my wishes came […]
Cradle of Chinese Civilisation
Visiting Xi’an felt like completing a journey. Many tourists we met in Beijing went on to see Xi’an, only around 5 hours away by high-speed rail. Those we kept in contact with told us how much fun the city was […]
Hokkaido: the north island
Japan consists of four main islands: Honshu (the largest containing Tokyo), Kyushu (the westernmost closest to South Korea), Shikuko (the smallest and most rural underneath Honshu) and finally Hokkaido in the north. From this northern island it is possible to […]
The beautiful Lake Baikal
Baikalsk is a town of about 12,000 people. Mainly young and old we were told. Until 3 years ago the pulp and paper mill which covered 2 square kilometres employed around 3000 workers. Good for the people as they had […]
The most popular stop on the trans-siberian
We pretty much had just over 24 hours in Irkutsk. Originally we had planned to stay several nights so we could visit Lake Baikal and use Irkutsk as a base. However, the joy of using couchsurfing in Russia (it’s super […]
