We started off nice and early by driving out to Hokitika Gorge, about 40 minutes away from the town centre. From there we started our little bush walk. Actually, it was a lovely walk as I hadn’t seen rainforest in New Zealand yet. Within hardly 4 minutes we caught sight of the beautiful torquoise gorge. […]
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In the morning, we headed to Arashiyama. This was an easy train ride from Kyoto station that took 20 minutes using the JR Sagano Line to Saga Arashiyama. This local shrine had carefully placed stones on top of each other everywhere. We then headed straight into the dense bamboo groves, which also included a flock […]
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Morning view from my hotel room. Absolutely stunning. I had to take another photo before we went into the hot springs again for our morning shower. Then we had breakfast and headed off to go to Jozan. On the way we stopped by a observatory area where we were once again eclipsed by the cerulean […]
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Woke up to a spectacular view of Hakodate train station.. normally it wouldn’t be such a sight but I think the flatness of the land made it look appealing. And those flowers, those fuchsia pink flowers. Before we left the sleepy port town, we stopped by at Goryokaku – a pentagon tower within […]
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I had a day alone the next day and scratched my head on what I could do. I was considering swinging up to the National Park but at the very last minute opted for Rottnest Island. I was so glad I made that decision, I was first deterred by the fact it was winter but […]
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