Our summer experience in Hakodate-Onuma was far too short to really appreciate what this beautiful region has to offer. It left me with a great desire to see more of Hokkaido and the northern regions of Japan.
We have very happily been marooned on Moreton Island on two separate occasions; once beach camping in a tent and the other time we rented a holiday home at Cowan Cowan. Both times were a memorable experience and one that I can highly recommend
The annual Chagu Chagu Umakko Horse Festival is not simply a parade of horses, but the whole farming district gets involved with a gorgeous display of flowering gardens and people from afar and the local community flock to the parade in their thousands to watch the spectacle.
Queenstown thoroughly earns its title as the adventure town of New Zealand. It is such an upbeat vibrant place with a pandora’s box of fun things to experience.
There are few travel experiences in my lifetime that could match the beauty, the cultural stimulation and the food immersion of Northern Japan. My senses overflowed with new tastes, aromas, vistas, sounds of nature and the soft touch of the gentle people in this land.
For those of you who love to get “ruined” in Europe and lost amongst ancient European civilizations, I would highly recommend a trip to Turkey.
Here on the Gold Coast we are not only blessed with a wide selection of stunning beaches – twenty at least, but we also have two wonderful estuary creeks that provide a safe haven for all types of water activities.
Yes that’s right, in a few short days I will be turning Japanese and touring parts of Northern Japan on a media trip sponsored by Prince Hotels and All Nippon Airways.
So is South East Asia the right travel destination for you? I think it is an acquired taste and like a lot of things in life you need to try it at least once to make up your own mind. For me I unreservedly give South East Asia the “thumbs up”!
Koh Samui is one place I could definitely return to again and again, just for the sheer relaxing vibe that it exudes.