Seeing The World
02-08-2009 12:58 pm 5 Comments| From Edale |
Its always been one of my greatest ambitions to see the world not just the tourist hot spots they tend not to interest me too much, I prefer to see the culture side the more out of the way places these are the places that have all the character for the place your visiting. Don't get me wrong when I visit Japan I want to see a lot of the touristy places like Tokyo, Kyoto and so on but I also intend to visit the more rural parts like the country side and smaller villages, especially looking forward to places Hokkaido and coastal towns.
So far I've yet to leave the country, still have yet to get a passport and find the funds on top of my Japan trip savings to actually go anywhere outside of the country so I'm stuck to going to place like the above image which is a nice little village here in the UK called Edale has some great views probably one of the few nice places I've found so far here in the UK, just always very gloomy so pictures tend to not look very vibrant.
Do have a trip planned this month to visit Whitby for a few days one of my favorite places in the UK has a lot of character the only issue is its starting to turn into a bit of a tourist hot spot but hopefully going mid week it will be a little quieter will be sure to take some photo's to put up.
Now most of the site is sorted I'm going to be putting more effort in more photo articles and self improvement articles a little bit for everyone I suppose. Will have up my views on the advantages of traveling and why we all should more often in the next day or so.
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02-08-2009 1:49 pm
Really cool pictures:) It looks like a charming place!
02-08-2009 2:54 pm
I know that the grass is always greener, but I think Edale looks really nice. I would like to visit England some day and go see the smaller towns - London doesn't really appeal to me, for some reason. I didn't know about the Pennine Way but I am adding it to the list of trails that I would like to walk. I grew up with the Appalachian nearby. :)
02-08-2009 5:59 pm
BTW, Tokyo isn't ALL "touristy place". It's a huge city and only a few places are at all touristy, and even those aren't tourist-exclusive. That is, even in tourist hotspots like Harajuku, the ratio of Japanese to gaijin is still like 80%+. I went to Tokyo with similar ideas of "escape the touristy areas, see the countryside" and ended up falling absolutely in love with Tokyo and spending most my time there ;)
03-08-2009 5:23 am
@glowingfaceman, good to know I suppose its because we generally only really see Tokyo and not hear much about the rest. I suppose with the length of time I'm hoping to get I'll get to see lots of each ^^
03-08-2009 5:56 pm