Some people travel for a year or several, some people never return home, gripped with the bug of exploration and ever seeking out new experiences. 3 months is more than enough for me. I won’t pretend that I’m some young intrepid explorer intent on scouring the far corners of the world in the pursuit of [...]
The Tokyo Game Show is an annual convention exposing the latest news, upcoming releases and technologies in the video games industry. It’s the 2nd biggest computer games event in the world, after America’s E3; and it just so happened to be rolling into town on my last weekend in Japan. My inner geek screamed to [...]
Yesterday was possibly my favourite day yet in Japan. All the homesick blues I’ve been feeling were swiftly erased, now replaced with the exciting notion that I’ll indeed be back home sooner than I care to realise, and starting to execute some of the many various plans that I’ve formed in my head over the [...]
I arrived in Kyoto early yesterday afternoon and eventually, after quite a struggle, found my accommodation; a cramped, wood-paneled little affair in what I gathered was quite out of the centre of town. It was dead, the facilities aren’t the best and didn’t give me the best vibes. In retrospect it’s not a bad place, [...]
My inordinately overpriced Japanese 7 day rail pass kicked in on Sunday. My plan had been to get out and see some more of the country other than Tokyo for a few days – namely the cities of Kyoto and Osaka. Although costing nearly half my initial budget, the rail pass still works out cheaper [...]
I’m exhausted. Tokyo does that to you. This place isn’t a city; it’s a small country of hyper-active manga and technology crazy kids and industrious suited salarymen crammed into a sprawling, endless (and I really mean endless) metropolis. It’s non-stop, it’s alive with the energy of ancient culture, life and neon. Around every corner it [...]
As is the way with such things; my time in Australia has finally come to an end. The last 6 weeks down under have been some of the best in my young life; shared in the company of amazing friends, new and old, exploring and tripping around some of surely the finest landscapes and cities [...]
Our last few days on Magnetic Island were arbitrarily spent exploring the crumbling, rugged Island footpaths; peeking up at cuddly, motionless koalas in their natural habitat, eyeing up the undergrowth for snakes and casting our gaze over the magnificent sights offered atop the abandoned Forts watchtower, over some of the most splendid bays and tropical [...]
Toad Racing, that is. A most peculiar ’sport’, if that’s what you can call it. The premise is simpleenough; a gobby, spitting, incomprehensible Queenslander hosts the show, warbling off all manner of slur as he paces around the ‘ring’, auctioning off each of 8 toads to the anticipated crowd members. Once every toad’s been accounted [...]
In the interest of preserving funds, with the knowledge that Townsville holds no real reasons to waste time there, and more than anything because we’ve stumbled upon a relaxing haven here on Magnetic Island where time stands still; I think we’ll be staying a little longer than expected.
Although initially planning to leave the Island accompanying [...]
