Hirugami Onsen
From Mountain to Valley We got back to Kofu 甲府 from Mt Houou at around noon and without much ado, booked ourselves on the first train out to Okaya 岡谷 […]
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Bangkok 2019
Moment of truth I felt it immediately when I stepped into Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport: how aged it had become (and it was only 12 years old)! Whatever happened while I […]
Hong Kong 2018
Hello again, Wan Chai Wan Chai 灣仔 is like an old friend – one I always visit whenever I am in Hong Kong. Wan Chai’s appeal is multifold. It is […]
Myoken Onsen
A Thunderstorm Brought an Unexpected Surprise On our last day in Kagoshima, we woke up to a thunderstorm – and out went the plans to go Ibusuki 指宿 (couldn’t imagine […]
Chichibu – The First Onsen
I remembered we got on and off trains a lot to get to the Chichibu onsen. It wouldn’t be far from the truth to say the journey left a deeper […]
Takaragawa Onsen
Like a virgin Since 2010, together with my running buddies, we have been making yearly trips to Japan and onsens always feature prominently in our itineraries. Takaragawa Onsen was one […]
All the ‘Men’ We Ate in Kyushu
Can’t last a day without Men (麺) When in Japan, you can’t not eat ‘men’. There are all kinds of men in Japan. Ramen. Soba. Udon. Instant. Bespoke. Have them hot, […]
Hike Montenvers
First, to the Blue Lake From inside the cable car, Lac Bleu looked like a deep, sapphire-blue oval nestled by the side of the snow-white slope. It appeared big, yet close-up, it […]
Mont Blanc – from Aiguille du Midi
When I read tripadvisor posts complaining about the long queues for tickets, hours-long wait to get up the cable car to Aiguille du Midi station (3777m), overpriced tickets, how bad […]
Hike Cinque Terre
One day, all it takes to appreciate Cinque Terre Monterosso was sleepy quiet when we walked out from the train carriage at 0820. Within a minute and we were already […]
