Digging our car out in the mornings sometimes took a while!

March 15th 2019
We arrived in Hakuba to the sight of brown hills - not the snowy white landscape that we were hoping for. The previous year it had started dumping snow in the middle of November, but it looked like we were just going to have to be patient. We kept being told that in Japan it’s not a case of if there will be deep powder snow, more a case of when. In the meantime we got acquainted with our new hou ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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Ross Parker

After finishing a 4 year degree in Civil Engineering, I decided I needed a break from looking at buildings, roads and bridges and so headed to South Korea to teach ESL to a bunch of 3 year olds for a year. I enjoyed it so much I decided to continue the adventure in Vietnam, and I lived in Saigon teaching Maths and Science to lower secondary school kids for 6 months. I then went off exploring and spent some time travelling through Asia before heading to the Middle East and making my way back to England through the Balkans and Europe. The next 5 years has been spent furthering my career in Civil... full info

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