Notes from the Road

What comes to mind when you think exotic? White sandy beaches, palm trees, turtles and whale sharks, maybe a tropical jungle almost untouched by humans?

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Easter Island, Chile
This mystical destination is located hundreds of miles off the coast of mainland Chile. Easter Island is an exotic destination on the bucket list of many travellers. There is a vast amount of exploring to be done in such a small stature of just 63 square miles.

Here you’ll discover volcanoes, beaches, wild horses and the famous “Easter Island heads”, which are Moai statues that have confounded explorers and archaeologists for centuries.

Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Japan
If this is a place that is renowned in the statement “pictures don’t do it justice”, then you can just imagine what it would feel like to stand in this towering forest of bamboo. Found on the outskirts of Kyoto, Japan.

This exotic destination is a place of sheer enchantment set amidst the bamboo stalks, monkeys and shrines. Find yourself gazing up with a sense of other-worldly perspective that you can only feel deep in your gut!

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