Centopath memorial in the Peace Park

October 5th 2012
After an action packed few days in Kyoto, we were on our way to Hiroshima, about 2 hours south. Hiroshima is most known for being blown apart by the Atomic Bomb which the USA dropped without any warning on the city on August 6th 1945 (end of WW2), wiping out the whole city and anyone within 3km of it – more of this to follow shortly. We arrived in Hiroshima by the Bullet train in ... 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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Victoria & Scott are off... September 2010...We work hard and play hard and love our holidays! So much so that six a year just wasn't enough so we left our jobs, friends, family and home behind and took off for nearly 5 months to travel around the world! We visited: South America- Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile (September-Mid Oct) New Zealand- the North & South island in a camper van (Mid Oct-early Nov) Australia- the East coast from Melbourne-Cairns (Nov) South East Asia- Singapore, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia (December & January) We blogg... full info

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