Castle delays
18 November 2024
Odawara castle
Japan is famous for its punctual trains. On this trip this has not been my experience. I have frequently been on delayed trains, delayed local tra....
Beach sand and yellow sand panic
17 April 2024
Dadaepo beach and Morundae
There is a high level yellow sand panic alert active for Korea. This means the Mongols have been stirring up the desert. Apparently it has nothing....
Backpacker beach without backpackers
4 June 2022
Haeundae beach in Busan
Today I went to the most famous beach in Busan, Haeundae - yes just like the car only not the same spelling. The beach is famous for hordes of (ea....
Okinawa does not understand beaches
6 November 2018
A crazy beach with a view of a highway expressway
Tonight I went the other way from my hotel, to the beach. The beach was very strange. There are a couple of beaches, they both face multiple freew....
Razor wire defeat
17 March 2017
Fa-shing buddhist temple and lots of monkeys
Kaohsiung has a city mountain. It is called either longevity mountain, or monkey mountain. Whilst as you will see monkey mountain is apt, I think ....
Lost in the swamp at night
15 March 2017
Roaming around the parks of Taitung at night
This afternoon I was back a bit earlier than normal from my Museum run, so I decided to head out earlier for dinner, via a tour of the swamp near ....
Rocky start
14 March 2017
Climbing on rocks at Xiaoyeliu
Before anything else, today I caused a breakfast incident. My hotel includes breakfast, they generally do in Taiwan, and since it seemed to be a r....
Cement factory rubbish dump beach
11 March 2017
Walking along the beach from Hualien to Chishingtan
Today I walked along the beach to the next town over, Qixingtan, formerly Chishingtan. Cheetsingtchan is famous for its view of the beach with the....
Sand castle
24 November 2015
Visiting the castle ruins of Fukuoka
It was looking particularly grey, and damp, so hanging around the city was the order of the day. I decided to head west, after scrolling google ma....
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