Hoi An, Hue & Phu Quoc
Good times and less good times in our last weeks in Vietnam….
Da Bac and Pu Luong villages
We escape Hanoi for a wonderful week in the north-western Vietnamese countryside
The Mekong Delta
Our first few days back in steamy Vietnam after a long absence…..
Up to Jiufen & down to Tainan
Colourful temples and atmospheric old streets for our last few days in Taiwan…
Taipei
Our first week in Taiwan swimming in a sea of other people…..
Naoshima Art Island
Our final few days in Japan at temples, gardens and galleries…..
Noodle School & the Scarecrow Village
Udon making, vine-bridges and the weirdest village we’ve ever been to…..
Kumamoto, Shimabara & Mount Aso
Getting hot and steamy on the slopes of Mount Aso. Unlike others on Kyushu, this volcano was thankfully not erupting whilst we were there…..
The Karatsu Kunchi
The town of Karatsu on the northern coast of Kyushu has been holding a three day kunchi for around 400 years and is famous for its unique, colourful and very large floats. Called ‘hikiyama’, which translates as ‘massive mountains’, the wooden, lacquered floats weigh-in between 2 and 5 tons and are pulled by a team of bearers up to a hundred strong….
Fukuoka & Nagasaki
Our first few days back in Japan after more than a decade. It made us wonder why we’d not come back before….