Our incredible adventure is finished and it’s been the journey of a lifetime. Sailing across the Atlantic for the final chapter was an amazing way to end the trip and complete our loop around the world. Our family world tour started from the UK and travelled around the world through
Our journey from Tokyo was tinged with sadness when we waved goodbye to Craig at the airport. With still no answer on his visa application and his passport held hostage by the embassy he had no choice but to stay behind in Japan. Myself and the girls carried on with
Today we are spending our last day in Asia after a mammoth trip through so many amazing countries. Our family fave is still Taiwan but Japan has also ranked highly and Tokyo has been a fitting final week to the Asian chapter. In my opinion Tokyo is like what we saw as
We spent a rainy day at DisneySea with millions of others, including many novelty Mickey ear wearing Japanese schoolgirls who spent most of their time taking selfies. We chose DisneySea over the Land version as it is the only one in the world and we had recently been to Hong Kong
The bullet train from Hiroshima whizzed us to Osaka in no time! The Shinkansen bullet trains in Japan can travel at speeds of up to 320 kilometers per hour (199 mph) but as a passenger it feels like such a smooth ride that you have little concept of the speed.
We started off our adventure on the metro, it was a bit tiring as we had to get up early and catch 2 different metro lines. When we arrived we were surrounded by not just one but thousands of tourists. We then headed off on a 5 minute walk to
We arrived in Matsuyama on a very short plane ride over the Sea of Japan from Busan A confusing bus ride, coupled with urgent communications back home with my sister whom Phoebe had tasked to buy tickets to Black Pink’s UK tour meant the journey to our accommodation was slightly
From Seoul we took a bullet train south to Busan, South Korea’s second largest city. The train covered 417km in under 2.5 hours and reached speeds of 185mph so the journey literally whizzed by! We only had a couple of days to explore Busan, the first one we took the
We left Hong Kong in the very early hours of the morning to fly to Seoul, South Korea. Phoebe, an avid K-pop fan, has been excited about Korea from the moment we left and I am pleased to report that it has fulfilled her expectations! I have also finally given
From the island of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) we headed to Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China). In Taiwan we were just about getting a very basic grasp of Mandarin (with a lot of help from Google) but now in Hong Kong the
Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, was our final stop in Taiwan. We caught a bullet train from Taichung after our mammoth road trip and we were looking forward to a break! We spent our days wandering around the city and eating, as per usual. We celebrated Phoebe’s birthday with her
When you first walk through the door and take a few steps you will be greeted by some adult goats. From the goats if you take a left you can find capybaras and baby goats and if you take a right you can claim your food/leaves. Once you have the
Our road trip continued from Kaohsiung south to Kenting. The first stop was Paradise of Capybaras which has been reviewed by Phoebe here. Kenting felt like the Costa Del Taiwan in that it had lovely beaches and a booming night market. We enjoyed a rainy afternoon splashing in the waves
Our Taiwan road trip started in Taichung where we left the city and headed into the mountains for the Chinese New Year. The public holiday meant that hotels had hiked their prices up so our budget went out of the window and the most basic hotel cost triple what we were paying previously
After our brief foray into South East Asia we left Bangkok for Taiwan, excited to see what East Asia will bring! Taiwan is the first country that we have visited on this trip that none of us had been to before – I had been to all of the countries
