Daydream Island

Japan and Scandinavia in the summer

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July 1st 2016
Not long until we are back in Japan. This time we will fly into Sapporo in the northern island of Hokkaido as neither of us have seen this more rural area of the country. We will finish our time in Japan, before flying to Helsinki, at a wonderful onsen we visited in 2007 on our Isabella Bird adventure. I expect to relax in hot tubs at Naruko Onsen ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more