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Winter in Japan is a beautiful place. Happo One, Hakuba valley, Nagano prefecture, Japan. Photo by Tomas on Unsplash A few people have been asking me lately about travelling in Japan in general and skiing there more specifically. The first thing I did on my first visit to Japan in 2017 was get a flight to Hokkaido…
Photo by Conor Luddy on Unsplash The Forty Foot, January 12th 2020 The weather has been pretty amazing so far in 2020. A stormy Saturday brought rain of the kind I hadn’t seen in a few months, but today was calm as we eagerly anticipate Storm Brendan roaring in on Monday morning. And what a calm it was.
In trying to figure out who we are, we often cling to where we’re from – though that can change depending on who you’re with
About why I run and why I travel, and how I had the brainwave to combine the two by completing the Vietnam Mountain Marathon in Sapa in September 2018.
The benefits of saunas are not just physical and mental, but also social. And Irish people being Irish, the atmosphere created in them is like that in your local pub.
For those new to riding a motorbike, it’s reasonable to expect that sticking to the main road would be enough of an adventure for one trip. But it’s actually a horrible, polluted, traffic-congested route, which is only getting worse as the country develops at such a rapid rate. It’s actually probably a bit safer to stray off the beaten path a little.
Some travel info and advice mixed with reflections on Mongolia’s unique capital city, Ulaan Baatar (also translated as Ulan Bator). More than just pollution, infrastructure and bureaucracy, the country’s only proper city is a great introduction to this wonderful country and its people, in a world within a world of its own.
Mongolia is a huge country, and tourists can expect a unique mix of culture, history, wildlife and the great outdoors, with huge A travel guide to Mongolia’s various different regions, with information and advice for travellers looking to plan their itinerary.
Includes real-life personal experience and insight into activities, sights and Mongolian culture.
A guide to travelling Mongolia, featuring practical information on how to go about organising a trip, along with cultural insights and real-life experience from a recent trip.
Includes information on tour company practices, the practical side of travelling in Mongolia, cultural insights and advice you won’t find in other by-numbers how-to guides.
An attempt to run up a hill in Mayo, and some chats along the way about being in the middle of nowhere