Lost
14 November 2011
Museums and other such places are closed on Mondays. So instead I headed east. I walked for at least 3 hours to nowhere in particular. The contras....
Going to the great wall
13 November 2011
This morning I researched how to get to the great wall. All the forums I could find strongly advise a private driver (frequent flyer forums) or an....
Shanghai to Beijing
9 November 2011
Well, I made it to Beijing without incident, despite dire predictions the high speed rail was a deathtrap designed by 5 year olds and regularly ex....
Going to Suzhou
4 November 2011
Suzhou is a town of some 4 million people in the city proper and 10 million in the metropolitan area about 100km west of Shanghai. Luckily the new....
Seoul Arrival
7 September 2011
The plane landed on time, and customs was easy. The only time I have ever had to wait for customs or immigration is at Heathrow, and there its bee....
Hong Kong Arrival
4 September 2011
As I mentioned, my flight was pretty good, seemed to go quite quickly. My leg seems to go to sleep until I take my shoes off, as much as I think t....
Singapore is hot
5 April 2011
Getting here was easy, once I got on the plane. Hong Kong airport tried to catch me out again, and it did catch out a lot of people, hence my flig....
I ate at mcdonalds
4 April 2011
Today is a public holiday, for mothers and children day. According to a poster I saw with broken english, this is a new holiday to try and address....
Bullet train to Kaohsiung
2 April 2011
Despite having been to Japan, I have never been on a bullet train. I have been on the Eurostar, but I believe the train that runs the full length ....