We’ve just completed our second and third days on this ancient trail and are resting up after a long soak in the Onsen Bath. Highly recommended for those with tired muscles. The trail has been easy to follow with the help of our Oku Japan self guided walking instructions. Read More…
We’re in Japan after a seamless flight and multi train trips to arrive at the first village on our trail walk – Magome. We thought we’d try something different and Japan has a wealth of native plants that have found their way into our NZ gardens. It will be interesting to see just what we find. So our theory was to try a small section of the Nakasendo Trail on our way home to NZ. Read More…
We had seen so many pictures of this garden on Lake Maggiore that we had earlier decided not to visit if we were short of time. However, being short of energy on our last day here we opted for this as an easy option. Just five mins to the ferry and five mins on the ferry and we were arriving at the island we had ferried happily past the day before. Read More…
Walking above Lake Como today on the hunt for something new. It’s becoming hard to find something new now-we’ve almost exhausted the supply of alpine plants that I can find in flower. We’ve been so lucky. Today brought forth just one flower on a tiny Dianthus I had been waiting for…. Read More…
