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Sweaty Kilts, dried sharks and a Japanese wedding at Izumo Taisha, Shimane

It’s Wedding day for Ryan and Keiko, and it seemed a little jet-lag had crept in. I was up around 11am, kicked out of bed by richard as he’d been up since 7am due to the time difference. I was...
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Jiminy Cricket the soprano and a semi: Shrines and bugs in Izumo, Japan

Cycling around Izumo on a pair of borrowed bikes (one classic granny bike, big cow-horn handlebars’n all – one totally broken mountain bike, wheels threatening to detach from the frame at any...
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Does an octopus have balls? Dining in Osaka, Japan

I’ve just landed in Japan but the travelling isn’t over yet – we’ve got 3 hours in Osaka before the night bus leaves for Izumo, the final destination. For the next couple of days...
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Next stop – The Land Down Under – Australia Bound

Day 1 – Australia 2009 Alrighty, so that’s the asia leg over with (See Round the World 2008). Enough of death-defying transport, bowel-clenching cuisine and anti-hygiene accommodation. Well,...
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