A mother tries to protect her children

from the blast of the Atomic Bomb

September 11th 2005
As scary as that title sounds it doesn't even begin to tell of the horrors that happened at 08:15 on August the 6th, 1945. Firstly, before I get on to my rant about the A Bomb, Hiroshima is a really nice place, the way the city has been transformed in the last 60 years is amazing, it's now a thriving metropolis and has a population of 1.1 million, more than 3 times than the population at the t ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hiroshima

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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Fiona and I started this blog in September 2004 when we decided to take a break from our jobs to go tour some of the world with a bag on our back and some money in our pockets. We had an incredible time, seeing some beautiful places and meetings some nice people along the way, we started in San Francisco and our last destination was Bangkok, in between we visited Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam and Laos. We were armed with a 1.2 megapixel camera at the time, no mobiles, no WiFi, just good old fashioned books and the occasional internet cafe. The trip w... full info

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