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Why we don’t compromise when travelling
Why we don't compromise when travelling I recently had a lovely email from a couple asking how we travel the way that we do and saying that they were considering selling their house to travel the world as their kids had left home. We obviously are in the same...
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The Stephen Fry School of Non Skiers
The Stephen Fry School of Non Skiers is justification that you don’t have to ski to go to a snow resort. This is all about Stephen Fry and me - British Actor, Writer, Lord of Dance, Prince of Swimwear & Blogger, but also with a good dose of advice for those of you...
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The cooking onsen in Nozawa Onsen
The cooking onsen in Nozawa Onsen The Ogama Onsen, in Nozawa Onsen is used for cooking by villagers alone. Local people and restaurant owners cook here as the natural spring waters bring out the flavours of the food. Specialties of this region are the ‘onsen’...
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Georgia, USA “Outside my Front Door” by Peanuts or Pretzels
Outside my Front Door is a series of posts by fellow travel bloggers who share what is ... outside of their own front door About Josh & Liz of Peanuts or Pretzels Travel Blog We don't travel to escape life, we travel to experience it. We're married travel...
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The people of Nozawa Onsen never stop working
The people of Nozawa Onsen never stop working From the beginning of the day until well after nightfall, the people of Nozawa keep up the relentless pace of keeping the snow at bay. With such a lot of snow this is never ending. People are on their roofs shoveling...
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Platform 19, not Platform 9¾ – our bullet train is stuck!
Our bullet train got stuck in Japan. A Freak Storm A freak storm hit the Nagano prefecture causing an unparalleled problem, for not just us but the Japanese in general. In fact, Tokyo got one of the largest dumps of snow ever recorded. The whole country has been...
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Canada – “Outside my Front Door” by My Footprint Diary
Outside my Front Door is a series of posts by fellow travel bloggers who share what is ... outside of their own front door By Fionn of My Footprint Diary (pronounced as Fi-on) is a passionate photographer and traveller. Living in Canada means one thing: cold...
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Traveling on your own Terms
Traveling on your own terms means getting the holiday or travel experience that you want. Lots of people like to travel on their own terms, organising their own accommodation, transport and activities. Many people want to have everything organised for them, and this...
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Ballooning over the Cappadocia’s – a video
Ballooning over the Cappadocia's - a video This is a video of ballooning over the ethereal Cappadocia's when we were in Turkey. Cappadocia is located in Central Anatolia, in Turkey. This entire area is replete with geological phenomena; in particular the fairy...
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