Well Chappies, Spent a brief but interesting 24 hrs in Hiroshima staying with an aptly named American couple called Beverley and Joel!!! They run a world friendship organisation and rent out rooms in their house at a supposed non profit! We read in the lonely planet guide that small tatami rooms caost 3500 yen, bout 20 quid! Anyway, we thought bargain, we ll stay with the anti war pro peace patriots, what the hell, cheap as chips right??? Well, hopped on t...

konnichi wa travelling ｇroupies, just spent 4 wonderful days in Kyoto, a wonderful old city full of temples, shrines and vending machines!　We have become proper temple trekkers and are soo ashamed to admit that we re doing so much walking (on average 10 hours a day) that we re in bed by 9.30 at the latest!　Not even a glass of saki could keep us awake! Though last night I (nic) fell asleep to the sounds of a belching rob drinking his Asa...