A Day Trip Around Lake Akan Hokkaido
Japan’s northernmost main island is a nature-lover’s paradise. A day trip to Lake Akan Hokkaido offers beautiful scenery, a crane sanctuary & delicious noodles.
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Noodle Review: Nong Shim Kimchi Ramyun Noodle Soup
Brand: Nong Shim Flavour: Kimchi Ramyun Noodle SoupType: InstantNo. Of sachets: 2 – Dried Vegetables and soup sachet in red packetWeight: 120gCountry: Korea You may, or may not, know about a particular instant sachet of foodie fun, the Nong Shim Kimchi Noodle Soup set. But, fellow ramentics, the difference lies with the name, for the…
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Babette’s Feast Review
Babette’s Feast , a film from 1986 demonstrates that a soupçon of decadence and indulgence even a little gluttony, does you good
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Geezers at the Geysers, Atacama Desert, Chile
The El Tatio geysers in the Atacama Desert are the world’s highest geysers. That’s the world’s highest altitude (4300m) not the world’s most spurty geysers. It is possible to take a tour to see them. Most trips are organised from San Pedro de Atacama. There are loads of companies in the town, which is fully…
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Best places to visit in Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari is the town located right at the southernmost point of India in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is where the Bay of Bengal meets the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. The area is famous for its sunsets and sunrises. Here is our guide to the best places to visit in Kanyakumari. Thiruvalluvar…
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Icelandic Lobster in Hofn
Iceland is a wonderful destination to visit and, while many visitors fly into Reykjavik to tour the Golden Circle and bathe in the Blue Lagoon, the country has many other beautiful places to see further afield. We toured southern Iceland for a week in winter, after picking up a hire car at Keflavik airport. It…
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Cheesy Snacks on a Kyiv Walking Tour, Ukraine
Kyiv is a great city for a walking tour. Its size is such that it is possible to see many of the sites on foot but it also has a great public transportation system. The metro, like many underground subways constructed during the Soviet era, has beautifully ornate stations. Arsenelna is the deepest underground station…
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Film Review: The God of Cookery (食神 1996)
God of Cookery Director: Stephen Chow Sing Chi (周星馳) Country: Hong Kong Cuisine: Chinese / Cantonese Film Rating 6/10Foodie Rating 5/10 The world of food is tough in more ways than one. The bourgeois rich insist on the distinctive, the unique and the best and are willing to pay for it, whilst the poor survive…
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Chernobyl
We visited Chernobyl a couple of years ago, before the utterly splendid award winning drama was broadcast. At the time it wasn’t an obvious choice as a place to visit but we learned that the exclusion zone had been considered safe enough for tourists and we thought that it would be fascinating. Many people asked…
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Kratie Dolphins in Cambodia
Kratie (pronounced Kra-cheh) is a laid back town in Northern Cambodia, right on the mighty Mekong river. It’s a small town that you can easily walk around and has some sights to enjoy. The most notable are the very rare freshwater Kratie dolphins, a small group of which live in the river close to the…
