Dont forget your torch
15 March 2014
After a bit of a nothing day yesterday, today was a most excellent day. The importance of having good internet on your holiday when you are me can....
Deer overload
12 March 2014
Today I went to Nara, one of the top tourist cities in all of Japan. It is a much bigger city than I realised, I discovered this once on top of a ....
Dont pet the monkeys
11 March 2014
Today in a shocking development, I followed my mothers suggestion and went to Arashiyama. There are many things to do here if you are a tourist, b....
A lot less fog
9 March 2014
Another morning, another hike, this time up the devils peak in eastern Kowloon. The hiking hong kong blog spot dot something dot hk site rated thi....
Monkeys in the fog
7 March 2014
Despite attempting to remain awake as long as possible last night, I still fell asleep before 10, waking briefly to turn the tv off which was show....
Mountain full of temples
7 April 2013
Today I went to the Qingcheng mountain, a place which claims to be the source of the taoist religion, whatever that is. I read the wikipedia artic....
Raincoat
28 October 2012
When I woke up, it wasnt raining. Sunday morning everything is shut except starbucks, so that as always was my first stop. Next up, Mount Takao, a....
My own personal cave
7 September 2012
I originally set out just to hang out by the lake and snap photos of people taking photos of smog. However after watching the musical fountain and....
The great buddah scam
6 September 2012
I did two activities in the day today. The first one was great, the mountain area on the northern shore of the West lake. The second activity, aft....