Travel
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Tokyo Disneyland
We missed Disneyland on our first day in Tokyo because we got lost. On Day 8, we organised it ourselves, navigated the trains without asking anyone — and then I nearly lost Graeme inside Disneyland instead.
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Panoramic Tour of Tokyo
From Meiji Shrine and Senso-ji to Tokyo Bay, the Imperial Palace and an illuminated Rainbow Bridge, this one-day tour showed us just how much Tokyo can fit into a single day. And, once again, Japan did not disappoint.
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Mt Fuji Viewing — and Goodbye Japan
We came to Japan hoping to see snow and learn to ski. After cancelled plans, lost glasses, a forgotten iPad and countless wrong trains, somehow everything worked out — and somewhere along the way, we fell in love with Japan.
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Hiking Reunion 2023
I used to think becoming a better hiker meant becoming stronger and more independent. Group hiking taught me something different: sometimes accepting help is part of being a good teammate.
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You Can Take the Girl Away From the Mountain…
I went to Thredbo determined to tick Mt Kosciuszko off my bucket list. Severe weather had other ideas, and somewhere between battling the wind, clinging to a railing and playing in the snow, I found one of my happy places instead. 😊
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One More Off the Bucket List — Mt Pieter Botte
Twenty-two hikers were invited. Five of us turned up. Add heavy rain, slippery boulders, a 12kg pack and two supposedly non-drowsy antihistamines, and Mt Pieter Botte became exactly the kind of adventure I should have known better than to enjoy.
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How I Ended Up Back in Zürich
A cancelled flight to Italy, an impossible connection, an unhelpful travel agent and one very expensive overnight stay later, I somehow found myself back in Zürich — alive, well, and considerably poorer. 😂
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I Hiked Lambs Head in My Socks
I’d climbed Lambs Head before, so I thought I knew what I was getting into. I didn’t. What followed was a hike involving bad shoes, wet socks, relentless rain—and a rather different lesson in endurance.
Stories Along the Way 