Ise-ji Day 2: Noasobimura to Ise-Kashiwazaki
After a somewhat restless night in the tent, instead of retracing our steps back…
Filed undertrains
Jōmon Sugi: Yakushima’s Oldest Resident
Zürich Botanical Gardens
We reached Zurich from Salzburg by way of a fantastic 5-hour train trip through…
Hanoi Old Quarter – Part 2
The sun was shining brightly on the morning of our second day in Hanoi with the…
Shizuoka Road Trip
After a particu…
Day 52: Kōya-san
After a fun weekend exploring a few sights in Tokushima and Kagawa that I’d…
Day 21: The Tin Man
Last nights camping passed without incident and, given that I’m a light sleeper, I’m…
Bangkok to Cambodia by Train
In recent years my vacation time had become so compressed that there was rarely…
Inbetween The Lines
Since beginning a full-time job in Tokyo I’ve been taking the train to work, and…
A Week in Tokyo Part 6 – Ueno & Akihabara
After a day of …
Getting Lost in Haruki Murakami’s ‘Town of Cats’
Book reviews are not usually my thing, but having recently finished Haruki Murakami’s epic three-volume…
Return to Wuhan
As part of my j…