It is a mountainous subtropical island, part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park, famous for virgin forests of Yaku sugi or cryptomeria that few get to see.
While in Yakushima, you will spend two nights at a wonderful hotel and spa.
See full summary » The submarine USS Thunderfish successfully completes a secret mission to rescue a group of orphans on a remote Pacific island.
The Thunderfish's XO, Duke Gifford runs into his ex-wife and Navy nurse Mary Stuart at the hospital.
There's still a spark between them but the boat is sent out on another mission before anything is resolved.
After two years of political instability and well-publicised terrorist attacks, Turkey's tourism industry seems to be making a slow but steady recovery.
Following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat and the exile of his officers and their families from France, the U. Congress, in 1817, granted four townships in the Alabama territory to the exiles. See full summary » During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt.
Combined with some of the absolute best and eclectic accommodations in the country, our journeys are masterfully crafted to meet the interests and passions of our clients.
From the northern island of Hokkaido and its great outdoors to the spiritual centers of Koyasan and Ise to the art and hot spring rich areas on the Island of Kyushu to remote and untouched islands in Japan, let Japan Quest Journeys offer you the chance to explore Japan’s mysteries and delights undisturbed and in-depth, unlocking thousand year-old secrets one by one.When the dummy torpedo warhead is being hauled up by crane and dropped on a target to test the new firing mechanisms, 3 tests are performed. You can tell by the way the warhead bounces when it hits its target, the same 2 seamen are to either side of it in the foreground in all 3 tests, and the left seaman jerks his right arm to the left in exactly the same manner in all 3 tests.Welcome to our Signature Journey Collection, representing some of the most amazing and timeless places that remain off well-trodden paths and encompass fabulously beautiful, interesting and culturally enriching areas throughout Japan.When Gifford's good friend and captain, Pop Perry, is killed Gifford believe it's his fault.A inquiry clears him and after he and his men solve the problem of the misfiring torpedoes, they set out to sea.For more challenging trekking, this journey can be extended for an additional day.