by Packlings | May 25, 2016 | Blog
Khao Soi – a traditional dish from the north of Thailand. SO GOOD! Here we are settling into the beautiful Chiang Mai in an area called Nimman, and although we’re ever-so-slowly acclimatising to the heat (years in Queensland has not prepared us for this heat!),...
by Packlings | May 22, 2016 | Blog
This may or may not come as a bit of a surprise to some people we know… but we’re actually a bit shy. Sure, amongst family and friends, we can be the life of the party. But new situations, meeting new people, travelling in new places – this all takes a lot of...
by Packlings | May 19, 2016 | Blog
In case you missed it, Part 1 of our Japan wrap up post is here. Osaka: Dotonbori and Baseball Once again rain was our welcome in Osaka, but clearing weather on our second day allowed us to get out and about. We ventured to Dotonbori which is a shopping and food hub...
by Packlings | May 19, 2016 | Blog
Three weeks felt both long (feeling so happily far away from our former desk jobs), and far too short at the same time. Here are our highlights from the 6 cities we visited: Tokyo: Senso-ji Temple and Shinjuku After 5 days we were quite taken with so many aspects of...
by Adam | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Leading up to our trip to Japan I was pretty certain that the three years of Japanese I did in high school would put me in good stead once we hit Tokyo. I have since come to realise this was not entirely true. I can put this down to three things: High school was a...