How To Sneak A ski Trip Into Your Holiday Everyone should ski at least once in their lifetime. Don’t laugh. People who live in temperate countries take it for granted but for some of us who live at the equator and are blessed with sunny days all year […]
When Winter Turns Up In Spring It is supposed to be spring, isn’t it, a friendly auntie stopped to tell us. No sooner have you removed your jacket, and you have to put it on again. And then it becomes hot and makes you want to remove it […]
First Trek! Making the Acquaintance of an Old World Road I have the sakuras to thank for this. Because they bloomed much earlier (3 weeks early) than anticipated, Takato castle 高遠城 had to be dropped from the plan. So what then? What could I fill that empty day with? […]
Sunrise and Goodbye – Snowy Wonderland New! We signed up for the sunrise tour @ 2000 yen per pax. the staff told us they would phone us at 405am in the morning to let us know if the weather was good enough. If it wasn’t the tour would […]
The great Valley of Snow The backpacker was tall, lean and brightly decked out in fashionable alpine gear with a piece of fleece stashed carelessly at his front. He carried a tall bag pack that reached all the way till above his beanie-d head. And a huge tripod […]
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