Castle in the fog
8 November 2017
Climbing up the slippery hills to get to Gifu castle
Weather update: Misty fog but still really warm. Health update: Mildly snotty but maybe already getting better? Today I got to use the plethora o....
Drowning in a sea of tissues
28 October 2017
Sunpu castle and the view from the hills over Shizuoka
Right now I am on the train to Kyoto, a roughly 2 hour trip from Shizuoka on the slow train, and I wished I was on the fast train or walking. You ....
Fortunate train cancellation
23 October 2017
Hiking in the plum tree gardens near Ome station
Finally, some photos of something mildly interesting! I awoke to grey and rain, the typhoon raged on, despite this I slept solidly on a rock soli....
Next town over
23 March 2017
An easy day trip to Chiayi from Tainan
Today being my last full day in Tainan, I decided to leave it and take the train to Chiayi (Jiayi), the next town over. Jiayi is where you can tak....
Glay
8 November 2016
A day exploring the streets and suburbs of Tokyo
Today the weather is very glay, you may think thats me being racist, however from the wikipedia article on the awesome Japanese band Glay - Offi....
Castles gardens and tourists
24 October 2016
Travelling to Kanazawa and the Kenrokuen garden
Kanazawa has the same population as Toyama, and yet it seems 10 times bigger. It is sometimes referred to as little Kyoto, as a result, there are ....
I hate buses
21 March 2014
The Taichung bus system turns any activity into an 8 hour journey. I went to a big park on top of a hill, you would think it would be a popular sp....
More mountains, Kobe
16 March 2014
In a rather familiar order of events, this morning I took a train some place and climbed a mountain, because I am just so predictable. Today the d....
Mountain garden
29 March 2013
The day looked fairly bright, so it was time to navigate to a nearby mountain. The one I selected had a world famous botanical garden, I know its ....