Theme Park and Travel Guide

Iron Man inside 'Stark Expo' Did you know that Hong Kong Disneyland has two Marvel rides in its park?   One ride ‘Iron Man Experience’ opened in 2017. The other, ‘Ant Man and the Wasp’ opened in March 2019. We were fortunate in having timed our visit to Hong Kong Disneyland one week after Ant Man opened. Confession time – at the time of visiting Hong Kong Disneyland – I had not seen many Marvel Movies. Yes, I had seen Hulk and Spiderman and so forth – but had not seen the Avengers or Ant Man and the Wasp. So my Disney experience of the new Marvel rides comes from limited background knowledge. After our trip in April 2019 – I have started watching the Marvel Universe of movies so playing ‘catch up’ big time. I have enjoyed immensely watching ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Ant Man and the Wasp’. Back to Hong Kong Disneyland. Disney have incorporated two Marvel rides which form part of a multi-year expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland. Hong Kong Disneyland is currently ren...

Nara - famous for its wild Deer In April 2019 we travelled to Nara – primarily to see the Deer. However, there is much more to Nara then just Deer. Nara was once upon a time the capital of Japan (in the year 710) and there are many original temples and pagoda’s to see in the city. We did this easy day trip from Osaka primarily as a ‘rest day’ on our busy 24 day trip to Japan. It was a very easy day trip from Osaka to Nara. It takes less than an hour to travel from Osaka to Nara. We didn’t have to rush anywhere or rush around to see X amount of sites so it was a relaxing day. My 11 year old daughter named this as her favourite place in the whole of Japan – feeding the tame (but wild) deer! Here are my top tips for visiting Nara: 1. Visit the Deer Park in the morning. The Park is free to visit. It’s a big park, a few kilometres square. There are lots of places you can sit under a tree and watch the Deer. The park is only a 15 minute walk from the JR train station and t...