The Great Travels of Sue

Having lived in Japan for over a year, I am well versed in the Japanese art of dining out. When travelling I often find it difficult to fin...

Ireland is a very small country, with almost all major cities and towns accessible in less than a 3 hour drive from the capital city, Dubli...

EDIT: To read about my climbing experience and for details on the Fujinomiya trail please check out my most current post here . I curren...

The JR Pass is a discounted railway ticket that allows for almost unlimited travel on trains (including the bullet train) in Japan for a se...

As of 19 th May 2016, the timetables have changed and getting the train from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore (or vice-versa) is no longer a viab...

Hamamatsu is a city on the Shinkansen line about halfway between Tokyo and Osaka. Ieyasu Kun at Hamamatsu Castle It has a population o...

There are quite a few flea markets around Japan, you’ll just need to look up the calendars and see what ones are on when you visit. Some ar...

To get to Mutianyu Great Wall I took a tour with my hostel - it was actually a communal tour bus shared by quite a few hostels in Beijing. ...

Getting around Beijing is very easy, even with no Chinese and a terrible sense of direction. Taxi The one taxi I used had no English...

The view from 23, the highest part at Mutianyu The first thing you should know about Mutianyu is:  it really is Great. The second t...