Geography lesson ideas and travel blog

Kamakura and Enoshima are two towns to the south of Tokyo. On Thursday we headed down to Kamakura to

Prayers written by visitors to the temples, these are read by the monks and blessed. Hundreds of tiny buddhas at the temples of Kamakura....

After exploring the spectacular human geography of Tokyo, Wednesday was all about physical geography

Enjoying Mount Fuji cake at Mount Fuji. Stunning autumn day of one of Fuji’s five lakes. We packed so much into the day; a journey up to...

Our first full day in Tokyo was all about exploring the vast city and finding out more about life in

Possibly the geekiest photograph ever taken in Japan - but I couldn’t resist showing how technology is used to reduce impact of...

Last Monday we headed to the most populated city in the world - Tokyo. We took the bus from Kyoto, w

Our very luxurious coach which we took to Tokyo. It even had little privacy hoods so you could sleep without being disturbed. First...

Kyoto Disaster Prevention Centre -Sunday was a very rainy day. The Locals informed us that the heavy

The Kyoto Disaster Prevention Centre where we got to experience earthquakes, typhoons, escape a smoke filled apartment and put out a...

Shibori scarf making After a few weeks of not creating anything, and with craft withdrawal symptoms,

Kyoto walking tours With my foot on the mend, thanks to the antibiotics, we took the rearranged walk

View of Kyoto’s TV tower reflected in Kyoto Station. The tower was built in 1964 when Japan last held the Olympic Games ( they will be...

Arashiyama is a small town to the west of Kyoto. Using our transport passes we ventured 30 minutes a

View of the mountains and the river towards the town of Arashiyama. The river was fast flowing that day due to the high levels of rain...

A day exploring Kyoto The plan for our first day in Kyoto was to do a walking tour to orientate our

Street signs in Kyoto. Soisei-en gardens. One of the gardens we visited as we explored the city. Japanese photo shoot. Enjoying the...

My ten days in Japan 🇯🇵 So many pictures to share. I will be putting the blogs together during my

The spectacular Mount Fuji, Japan. Awe inspiring stuff!

After 149 days, 11 countries, 4 continents,22 flights, 24,000 miles, 8 weeks voluntary work, 125 blo

Back to Havana for the last time this trip. Our final casa, with the now familiar endless flights of

Our week exploring Havana and Western Cuba by land was complete but Saturday marked the next leg of

Back in Havana - We really didn’t want to leave Las Terrazas, it was so pretty and scenic and the ho

Our last stop before heading back to Havana was Las Terrazas. This beautiful town was established as

Following two wonderful days in Vinales, the Cuban checklist covered,and with an increasing understa

Vinales Our next full day in Vinales started with a four hour walking tour through the famous valley

After a good nights sleep at the casa and a typical Cuban breakfast of bread fruit and eggs we start

We arrived in Havana on Saturday 2nd December after an early flight from Toronto Airport. After care

Back in the land of wifi and shops with stuff! Cuba was a fascinating place. The guide book said to

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