Christmas at Marsh View
On Christmas Eve I made the 18 hour journey from Shenzhen to my hometown…
Year: 2010
9 hours Designer Capsule Hotel
I’ve been lucky enough to stay at some very nice hotels over the past…
Northern Higashiyama Photo Walk
After visiting …
Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine
In the early af…
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Stone Buddhas
As you might have already guessed from my previous posts Kyoto has a huge…
Life Without Language
Undoubtedly one of, if not the, hardest things about living in a foreign country…
Arashiyama Tenryū-ji Bamboo Forest
On my second da…
Shenzhen Fringe + PechaKucha Vol. 5
Last weekend Shenzhen opened its first Fringe festival centered around Coastal City in Nanshan (where…
Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine
After a rather wet afternoon exploring Southern Higashiyama I headed towards the city center…
A Wet Welcome To Kyoto
I spent the sec…
Shenzhen Update: Earthquakes & More
It’s been a while since I wrote anything about life in Shenzhen so I…
Toyota Universal Design Showcase
Tokyo is often portrayed as a high-tech wonderland being run by robots and full…