A sad goodbye to Japan and a happy hello to South Korea and Busan (Day 20 - 22 by Chris) October 6th 2015 Tuesday 6th October 2015
Today we sadly wave goodbye to Japan having spent a wonderful 3 weeks here. In order to leave Japan though we had to take the train to Fukuoka and then a local bus to the ferry terminal. The journey was fine on the Shinkansen, but on getting to the bus stop and realising we had just missed the bus and the next one wasn't for 20 mins, we soon began to reali ... read more
Asia » South Korea » Busan Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more
Hello readers, we'll take this moment to introduce ourselves. We are Gemma, by day a fashion buyer and Chris a recruiter and live in London.
We've always loved the idea of packing up and flying off to explore the world but never quite found the right time or opportunity to do so. Luckily for Gemma the lovely ASOS were kind enough to give her an 8 month sabbatical to travel to all those places she's always wanted to see. Chris didn't take much convincing either, jumping at the chance to chuck in the daily commute, banish the suits to the back of the wardrobe and live out of a backpack for th... full info