Because we'd never done anything remotely like this before, there were a few things we tried to factor into the planning to make the whole experience a little easier.The first was our camping setup.After much humming and hawing, we realised that we were going to be spending around three weeks living in tents, and the... Continue Reading →
Hokkaido: The Preparation
After many, many years of travelling—primarily backpacking, staying in hotels and apartments, and getting around by trains, buses and planes—we decided it was time to do something rather different from our usual style of travel.We'd already experimented a little. We'd spent a month in Malaysia doing something of a staycation, renting an apartment and settling... Continue Reading →