The friendly faces of India
India is such a conundrum that a basic appreciation of its history with our pictorial journey will help you understand and enjoy its myriad colours and cultures; revealing the ethnic origins of India’s people. India’s rich and turbulent history, perhaps more than any other country, has shaped its culture, traditions, religions, languages, social structure – and features – both architecturally and physically in the smiling faces...
Part 4. Tokyo, Kamakura & Hakone – neon to nature
In this our fourth and last part of our tour around Honshu, we investigate the capital and its environs – a kaleidoscope of smoke and mirrors. We’ve encircled Honshu, the main island, in our tour of Japan. As you’ll see from the map below we’ve finally returned to Tokyo to investigate the city itself and some of the more notable locations that surround it – from views of iconic Mount Fuji, to boiling hot...
Part 3. Himeji, Hiroshima & Miyajima – between heaven & hell
In this third part of our Japan tour, Southwest Honshu immerses us in samurai, senslessness, spirituality – and sake. We’ve previously travelled from Tokyo across Honshu to Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go and Kaga Onsen, before heading south to Osaka, Kyoto and Nara. In this article we take you to the far southwest of Honshu to Hiroshima and Miyajima, via Himeji, as you can trace on the map below. We’ve chosen to make our way...
Part 2. Osaka, Kyoto & Nara – a spectrum of ancient and modern Japan
In this second part of our tour of Honshu, Japan, we experience the extreme contrasts of sculpted modern architecture and rampant consumerism with simple aesthetics and spiritual reward. Travel with us to Osaka, Kyoto & Nara. In our first article we explored the lesser known west coast of Honshu. Now we head back to the southern side, to the cities of Osaka and Kyoto along with the ancient capital of Nara, as you can see on the...
Arusha – Tanzania’s coffee gateway to the wild
On your way to or from your dream safari in Tanzania why not linger a while longer in Arusha where a couple of lodges we’ve found, in the middle of coffee plantations, could really invigorate your trip? There’s a tendency when going on safari to head straight to the wildlife and miss out on some of the local life. Safari can also be exhausting and we think that a couple of nights either before or after your wildlife adventure can...
