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Did a weekend trip up to Bath, what a quaint little town, so lovely just to walk about. Had the best scones in the cafe at the Jane Austen museum of all places!

Stayed at Lady Elliot Island for a week and it was just so relaxing and beautiful. Each day there was something new to see. I got scuba certified and it was just amazing seeing the marine life at such depth. Snorkeling was fantastic too, managed to see a manta ray as it gracefully swam below me. My favourite was seeing the turtles and the colourful clams.

Am heading back to Japan again in September to do the following:
- Appreciate the beautiful changing colours of the leaves, preferably whilst soaking in an onsen;
- Visit a hot spring resort and do nothing but traipse about in a yukata from one hot spring to the next;
- Stay overnight in a buddhist temple at Mt. Koya;
- Get buried to the neck in hot sand in Ibusuki;
- Hike Mt. Aso;
- Relish my overnight stays in the traditional ryokans;
- Enjoy real Japanese cuisine.

That’s how I hope to spend my 14 day holiday. I can’t wait!

Scuba dive, snorkel and basically enjoy the sun, surf and sand.

I’m arriving in Oct, hopefully the weather will still be warm and I’ll be able to explore the English countryside, stay in B&Bs, do the nature trails. Also looking forward to the night life in London – going to the theatre, outdoor concerts…basically just making the most of living in such a cosmopolitan city with such easy access to the rest of Europe!

It was awe-inspiring.

The temple ruins are breathtaking and there is so much to see and explore. See Ta Phrom (where Tomb Raider) was filmed before nature slowly erodes away the structures.

Spend at least 3 days here to properly soak up the atmosphere.

I didn’t want to leave. It’s a drowsy little town that makes you forget there is another world waiting for you.

One of the 3 best views of Japan…and it certainly is when the tide sweeps in and you see the torii look as though it were floating in the water. It’s a beautiful island and not to be missed.

Was just a few months before Hurricane Katrina hit. The tree-lined streets and architecture were beautiful – it had such an old world charm missing in many American cities.