The Shimanami Kaido is a 70km dedicated bike route which runs alongside bridges that connects Japan’s main island of Honshu to the island of Shikoku, passing over six small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. We had heard that it was possible to rent bikes at the start of the...

I met 2 girls in Japan and they are 6 and 8 years old. Their names are Alysha and Kayla. The day before we went to a restaurant for sushi. After dinner we went to the playground it was so fun because there was a slide with rollers. Then the next day we all went to a big park. We...

Today I am going to tell you about my first Baseball game in Japan … On the way to the stadium it was poring down rain and in Japan they do not play in the rain so people were saying there would be no game. After about five minutes on the train it started to clear up so people...

We’ve been here just over a week now and this is certainly an amazing country. Japan has long been one of the places on our ‘bucket list’ to visit – and we’re so excited to finally be here. After arriving into Osaka airport in the evening, we needed to navigate our way on...

Today I went horse back riding for my first time!!! So we got in the car and went to her house. It was about 10 minutes away from we are staying . When we got there we saw all of the horses running around. There were white ones black ones and brown ones. I got a white one name...

We left Sydney early in the morning on Monday with our rental car packed to the roof and no space to spare. It was difficult see each other in the adjacent seats because of the surf boards between us. Quite a funny similarity to our rental car in British Columbia where it was...

Our last night in New Zealand was one we’d rather forget. We had planned to stay overnight in the Christchurch airport to catch our early morning flight to Melbourne, Australia. We’ve had a few other airport all-nighters in the past which have been fantastic – with comfy...

4000 km, 2 islands, 1 ferry, 4 rain forests, 2 oceans, 2 glaciers, 8 wineries, 20 campsites, 20 trampolines, 35 days, 35 bottles of wine, 15 family soccer games, 20 family runs, 15 dump station visits, 12 endemic wildlife sightings and unlimited memories. It’s been an amazing 5...

Tonight we feel very small in the world. In fact, we feel small in this universe. This trip around the world that we’ve embarked upon seems like a walk in the park in comparison to what we’ve seen tonight in the night sky at Mt. John Observatory in the Lake Tekapo area. This area...