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 ....
Yokohama
8 May 2010
Before I talk about Yokohama, time for another observation of Japan. Japanese people do not J walk, ever. You can stand at a corner of a small bac....
Oxford
16 September 2009
Went to Oxford on the train today. Its about an hour west of London and you have to change trains at Reading. The trains were fast and perfectly o....
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