The Great Travels of Sue

This is an island resort close to the capital of the Philippines, Manila. To get there, it’s a 2 hour bus and 1 hour boat ride. It is...

One of the infamous Jeepneys! Monument with the national flag As a young, particularly pale white woman, I didn’t enjoy my ti...

Having moved halfway around the world to Japan, I was eager to use this opportunity to travel around Asia. However, this has been complica...

I feel kind of sad for Nara, because it’s actually an entire Prefecture, and most foreign tourists (including me) only make time to go to o...

So, I have done some solo travel in the past, and forsee a lot more in my future. I am young, white, 23 years of age. I like to read blogs a...

I went to Osaka after spending 2 action packed days in Kyoto. My feet were blistering, my legs had turned to jelly and I was exhausted. But ...

Recently I went on a trip to Kyoto. I was travelling during a big Japanese holiday, which made a lot of things difficult. Obviously I would ...

I recently went on a trip to Kyoto and Osaka. It was a Japanese public holiday, and everything booked up quite quickly. With no hostels avai...

It looks like I will not be getting internet in my apartment for another three weeks or so. But the good news is I`ll have a backlog of post...

Well, it's actually five days until I depart Ireland, but my first official day there is next Monday. Here's where I'm at; P...

In case anyone was wondering, I haven't heard any more information regarding Japan and my placement, and therefore there is really nothi...

Shizuoka City and Mt Fuji Big news: I'll be moving to Japan in a couple of weeks as part of the JET programme! JET stands f...

Galway is famous for quite a few historical sites, but the town itself isn't that big. Sometimes it's called a city, but it would b...

I love free things, and this capital city is no exception. Dublin is quite small and a lot of things are quite easy to get around on foot. W...