Projectile vomit boy
14 April 2018
Flying to Beijing on Singapore Airlines
My story of getting from Melbourne to Beijing was definitely one of two halves. Not just because it stopped in Singapore at roughly half way but b....
The long winded getaway
14 April 2018
Heading to Melbourne airport on the Skybus
This is my 4th or 7th time going to mainland China depending on if you count border crossings to the Shenzhen special administrative region or not....
Narita procedural update
16 November 2017
Exploring Ueno before heading to the airport
Here is my procedural update from Narita airport. The airport terminal is small and dated, lacking in anything interesting to do, but thats ok its....
The last supper
15 November 2017
Eating ramen beneath Tokyo station
Time to head out and have my last dinner in Japan, unless my flight is cancelled. Leaping forward, Ueno station has been a source of crime and vil....
Between the tracks
15 November 2017
Hiking from Musashi-Itsukaichi to Mitake over multiple peaks
Its my last full day in Japan, so I decided to hike from one train line to another. My journey went west, with the hiking starting at Musashi-Itsu....
Night of the long exposures
14 November 2017
Don Quijote in Asakusa
First of all, the same girl is still at the lonely part of Ueno station trying to convince foreigners she needs money to get back to Kyoto because....
Value extraction
14 November 2017
Hiking Mount Toyama in Nikko
I paid for my train pass, so I am going to extract as much value as possible from my train pass. It costs $100 for 3 days, yesterday I extracted $....
Surprise downpour whilst tired
13 November 2017
Ginza in the rain
I had planned to catch the train past Ginza, walk all the way back through Ginza, see lots of lights, gawk at eastern Europeans, then there was a ....
Central mountain route
13 November 2017
Hiking the Nakasendo from Yokokawa to Karuizawa
Today I hiked over the most difficult section of the Nakesendo trail, one of the original routes between Tokyo and Kyoto. It really wasnt that dif....