Day 11: Bike ride success, Nijojo-mae tour and gardens, Imperial palace tour and making chicken carbonara with one wok. November 20th 2015 Hello world,
(Maddie here) Well today we saw some more of Japanese cultural heritage sights. Kyoto has a staggering amount of temples, shrines, religious and Imperial significant sights, you could probably live here all your life and not be able to visit them all. So on our last full day here, we decided to visit as many as we could sustain the energy for.
When we woke we were releaved to di ... read more
Asia » Japan » Kyoto 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
We are a young(ish) Aussie couple that want to travel the world together... we decided to start blogging our overseas travel adventures to help remember what each day was like, and to try and learn from the experiences to help us be more prepared for the next journey.
I promise that this blog will always be true to our own personal experiences as I am a brutally honest person with an optimistic sense of adventure, that can sometimes result in getting me into difficult and albeit strange situations.
Peace, love and all that jazz, See you out there in big bad xo Bradaline. ... full info