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November 5th 2006

Published: November 29th 2006

Loyalty to authority is a virtue that was highly prized and respected in the days of the Samurai. Warriors would follow the commands of their peers without question; sometimes sacrificing their very lives if it were required. To die on the command of your emperor or Shogun would be an honourable death. It is a little known fact that the modern day equivalent of the Emperor or Shogun works as a ti... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Vik

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Years of staring at maps, debating routes, saving money and boring anyone in earshot with constantly changing plans finally culminated in our D-Day. 28th August 2006. The day that Vik and Bob went global. Having made it to New Zealand without taking a single flight, we reached the conclusion that neither our finances nor our sea legs could stomach another container ship journey so we've cheated and taken a flight from New Zealand to Bangkok. From Bangkok we hope to stick with the overland theme and take a route home through Southern Asia: China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey... U... full info

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The view from our hotel room...

...if you tilted your head.

They've got a Moon in Hiroshima too.

Hiroshima Castle...

...is sadly a bit of a concrete monstrocity. It looks the business from the outside but obviously was obliterated during the war and poorly reconstructed afterwards.

Japanese Urinals

"Why?" I here you ask. I wanted to demonstrate a common sight in Japan - urinals exposed to public sight. No-one in this country seems to bat an eyelid if you decide to drop your pants and pee wherever you want, so the idea that urinals need privacy is crazy. If you go to Hiroshima Castle, try to get in without seeing lines of men peeing - its impossible I tell you.

Deer at Miyajima Ferry Terminal

The Deer on Miyajima Island are sacred and can pretty much do what they like. They fairly much spend their time chasing tourists with food, stealing from children and eating maps - as demonstrated by this chap here.

Torii at Miyajima

This is what the tourists come to Miyajima for...

Temple and Torii

Tourists escaping from the tourists

Looking back to the mainland from Miyajima

29th November 2006

Eggs on Legs
Al, Shaz & Beth

Vik always did score high on 'Attention to Detail'!
Just wondering why your blog location is showing as 'Africa'. Gremlins afoot perchance? Shaz. xxx

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