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Xiahe, not quite Tibet

After looking at prices and travel times for the trip to Urumqi, plus how few unreserved spaces remained due to us travelling during Golden Week (the 7 day period that encompasses October 1st, the founding of the Peoples Republic of […]

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in China, Round the worldTagged china, coach, countryside, mountain, river, temple, walk4 Comments

Zao Onsen

We finalised the plans for our 21 day whirlwind shinkansen tour of Japan at our workaway in Busan. It took us two very stressful hours to work out the best way to navigate this elongated nation and see as much […]

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Japan, Round the worldTagged bath house, coach, countryside, japan, mountain, onsen2 Comments

Exploring Edo

The city now known as Tokyo rose to prominence as the capital of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603, when it was referred to as Edo. Elements of its heritage are still easily viewable today and Rosanna and I were keen […]

Posted on August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Japan, Round the worldTagged city, japan, mountain, museum, palace, temple, train4 Comments

Nagasaki – Japan’s window to the world

The port town of Nagasaki is famous for two reasons. During the period of isolation when Japan cut itself off from the world it was the only port where foreign traders were allowed to land and interact with Japan, this […]

Posted on July 21, 2017July 21, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Japan, Round the worldTagged japan, memorial, mountain, museum, night, river, the netherlands, torii10 Comments

Farewell Korea

Today we leave Busan in South Korea for Japan. We have been in Korea for 1 month, 3 days in Seoul and then 4 weeks in Busan. We arrived here with an embarrassingly small amount of knowledge about the place, […]

Posted on July 10, 2017January 7, 2018 by Mischa
Posted in News, Round the world, South Korea, WorkawayTagged art, city, hill, hostel, mountain, night, south korea, workaway4 Comments

Beer City

Qingdao is apparently one of the cleanest, most livable cities in China. It was definitely our favourite city on our first trip through China. You may have seen it in the news recently for its new controversial one-dog policy. It’s by […]

Posted on June 18, 2017June 18, 2017 by Rosanna
Posted in China, Round the worldTagged beer, china, coast, ferry, mountain, palace2 Comments

Ascending Taishan

Tai Shan or Mount Tai is the first of the five great mountains of China. It is known as the eastern mountain out of the five and is the most climbed mountain in the world. The close association with birth […]

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in China, Round the worldTagged china, mountain, night, walk10 Comments

Travelling without flying

From March 2017 to March 2018 we backpacked around the world without catching a single aeroplane. This blog contains our experiences and stories, from surprises to delights, plus some tips on how we travelled flight-free.

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In the Beginning

  • London to LuxembourgLondon to LuxembourgMarch 31, 2017

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Recent Posts

  • Food for thought July 4, 2019
  • Travelling by Amtrak July 2, 2018
  • Answers on a postcard June 20, 2018
  • The most southernly northern city June 13, 2018
  • Mischa’s Belgian Waffle May 15, 2018
  • The Reunification Express May 6, 2018
  • The Diamond Capitol of the World April 21, 2018
  • Embassies and visas April 18, 2018
  • Crossing the Pond April 2, 2018
  • Home sweet home March 28, 2018

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