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July 11, 2008

Bike tour of Hokkaido - seeing the sights

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I gotta get out of this hot humid weather. Where better to go than the northern climes of that mysterious isle - Hokkaido.

Famous in the winter for its snow festival (-lots C thats not for me!) the summer offers both …

July 7, 2008

Deepest darkest Okinawa

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 Yes, it’s summer, and yes it’s time to blatantly ignore all the social pressure to not take time off work and go on a damn good holiday for goodness’ sake.

Different cultures have different soundbites, …

April 29, 2008

Ex-pat visits the Motherland

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 Oh what a trip to go on a trip back to the UK after a long, long time.
 
I think I fell back in love with my roots, going back to the source …

January 20, 2008

Winter vacationing in the Peens

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Happy New Yeah!

Winter vacation: Manila, I heart Philippines

Weather: hot

Reaction: thumbs up

Key phrase: “Here in the Philippines…”

Key question: “How’s my driving?” (bloody awful, mate)

Pardon?: “Come again, sir?”

Breakfast treat: champorados (chocolate-flavoured glutinous rice