AFTER JAPAN WE WENT TO HELSINKI. COLD IS ONE WORD TO  SUM IT ALL UP. I GOT TO GET GOING WITH THESE BLOGS. SINCE HELSINKI WE HAVE BEEN TO NORTHERN IRELAND, SOUTHERN IRELAND, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES. I EVEN WENT TO LOCHNESS TO FIND THE MONSTER. BUT THE BASTARD WASNT THERE. ENJOY THE PICS.

we went to a museum, look at this guys pants. mmm a bit odd to say the least.
the beach in helsinki, totally frozen, rather weird indeed.
the amazing view from our hostel, which was on an island. this was pretty epic indeed.
again a rad view.
not bad for a little digi camera. i really like this one.
kat pondering the perfect shot.
stop annoying me jonny, go outside and play in the sand pit.. i mean snow pit.. you know what i mean, go!!!
went to a hockey game. this was hella fun. sat in the nosebleed seats and heckled with the locals.
a local.
the stadium. 
this thing weighed like 4 kilos.. and tasted like absolute shit!!!!
another view. this is hard to keep in any form of order when i blog.
kat learned how to ice skate. this was minus 23 degrees.!!!!
wasnt cold for this guy
a little cross country ski track, all the schools have em there.
say cheese..... i had to borrow a weird one piece suit thing to keep warm.
sooo much damn snow.
picnic anyone.
the drive north. to cold land. thanks heaps to harri and his lady for the little trip within a trip.
view from harris house. amazing

the first night in helsinki, i went ice skating, i wasnt really use to the cold at this stage. i look like a overweight clumsy ninja who is trying to ice skate for the first time ever.
self portrait, bored flying from japan to helsinki.only ten hours thank goodness.
i said if she took another photo i would throw it. this is helsinki with frozen lakes
me walking on a beach.. i can walk on water.a totally frozen beach. crazy
amazing kebab. they dont have bread on them here. sooooooooooooo good.

you know when you throw something at someone then the second it leaves your hands you wished you didnt throw it. this was one of them times.
the day we left, this dog was amazin, sooo damn fluffy. i want one.
henna's mum made these. the one on the left is the one she knits, then puts plastic inside it, they then boil them and you get a hard on the outside glove but warm on the inside perfect fit glove. from big to little.. amazing.
the newer version of using a tobbogon. dodd style.
awww... my hair was actually freezing. it was about minus 17 when this was taken.

some more japan land for you all

another japan update, the last one. learned alot from them, the way they live in general etc.

we went to a really amazing bike shop. i bougt a dvd here. not bad not bad at all.

mmmmm anyone want a new hat, i was so overcome with choice here i didnt buy one. like a kid in a candy store who takes to long to decide and doesnt end up with anything.
fixie, i miss riding mine
the busiest intersection in the world, on average 15000 people a day cross here. it was pretty crazy to watch, i have footage of this somewhere, insane!!!
not sure why this photo is soo far away, but this was the first fixie rider i saw.
amazing pancake with icecream and marshmellows in it.
skateboarding is even on vending machines. crazy times.
a high lift to the tower records shop. amazing view
on our way from daves place to the station, this was a pet shop, all the dogs in little white boxes. soo damn cute.
awwwwww
got up at 4am to go to the biggest fish market in the country, it was insane, all in the name of blue fin tuna, these fish were massive, and a full auction to see who gets what one etc.

inspecting the fishies.
and more looking
cold as blocks of ice, but big $$$$$
cant beat half a litre of beer on a long train ride.
this was at a 7-11, pretty much the only fish i could afford.
i'll get that for you little lady.
she was at the train station. zzzz rather loudly.
mount fuji taken on a train going 315km/h 
we saw this and were like oh back in the day they had an elephant here, it would suck if it was still here as it had to live in a tiny house and play here.....
not very fun at all. well lets go see whats in the house now then...
oh shit.. the fully grown elephant still here, he could barely turn around, it was really bad.

ye happy couple. we thought we were cold here, im in helsinki now and its minus 15!!
on this island the deer were much less friendly, even taking babys.
this is an important thing to the japanese, so lets get a tourist shot.
this is the main one, we got there in low tide so it wasnt as good, but we did get to walk upto it and see how big it was etc.they were actually called the floating gates.
big!
i can laugh at most things etc, but here at hiroshima it was a time to just think. crazy, the broken building in the distance is a building left stading after the bomb went off directly over the building.the first ever attack with nuclear power.learning how and why they chose this place was amazing to learn about.

they interviewd a bunch of peole and this was one of the quotes.
it happened at 8-15am. a watch that was ina glass case to view
time since the first blast and since the latest nuclear test. 

it looked like this before the bomb. then to this.....
in a split second. only 9 buildings left standing.

we are now in helsinki finland. will update soon.

see ya