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 ....
Humble administrator
10 September 2012
I have been to Suzhou before, last time it was a grey and polluted day and one of the first days I spent on the mainland. That day was long and ho....
Ginza and a garden
8 March 2012
Its grey, cold and threatening to rain. This has a strange effect on the throngs of people. Rather than standing and waiting politely at pedestria....
National museum
15 November 2011
Chinas national museum borders Tiananmen square. It is actually free, however there seemed to be a huge line to get in with many tour groups, I sp....
Zhongshan
7 November 2011
I felt very lethargic this evening, and it looked like it might rain at any moment, despite not having rained all day. So I studied google maps fo....
Walking forever
4 November 2011
Arriving in Suzhou was awesome. The place is one of the main domestic tourist attractions, so theres an actual scrum of tour operators being held ....