After our first day of canoeing and exploring we’ve got a relaxed evening on board our Vega Travel boat to chillax and enjoy the scenery. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1994, Halong Bay’s scatter of islands is a beautiful sight and, unsurprisingly, northern Vietnam’s number one-tourism hub. Hạ Long Bay has an area ofContinue reading “Ha Long Bay scenery”
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Ha Long Bay
Our first trip in Vietnam is to a spot I have long hoped to visit – Ha Long Bay. We booked a two night tour with Vega Travel. Here’s the itinerary we took part in. A night on board a boat floating in the bay followed by a night on Cat Ba island. Plus canoeing,Continue reading “Ha Long Bay”
Piscia di Gallu hiking
As well as stunning beaches Corsica also as an amazingly rugged interior full of spectacular scenery to explore. Here we check out a solitary hiking hut which offers wide ranging views over the surrounding countryside. We’re heading for the Piscia di Gallu hiking trail that will take us through some of the most incredible sceneryContinue reading “Piscia di Gallu hiking”
Calanques de Piana
As we head towards Calvi we choose to negotiate through one of Corsica’s natural wonders, the exceptionally beautiful Calanques de Piana. These are granite rock formations along the coast of western Corsica near Porto. Winding south from Porto to Piana in the north west of Corsica, is a coastal road with some of the mostContinue reading “Calanques de Piana”
Photo dump!
Last lot of Takayama photos now folks before we head onward to Hiroshima. Random snaps galore! The man poses in front of yet another gorgeous little wooden homestead. If only we could dismantle one and rebuild it in our back garden! Here’s a few colourful snaps of posters, banners and stuff to buy. There’s lotsContinue reading “Photo dump!”
Glimpses from the train
Bright and early we’ve hopped on the Shinkansen heading out of Tokyo and towards our next destination – Takayama in the Japanese alps! As we leave the dazzling, frantic cityscape the scenery becomes more and more rural. There’s tumbling rivers, rice fields and verdant forests whizzing past us at a rate of knots. The countrysideContinue reading “Glimpses from the train”