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Let's play Wong Kar-Wai Bingo! 25 Aug 2013 | 10:15 pm
To celebrate the North American opening of director Wong Kar-Wai's The Grandmaster, I've put together a bingo game. Wong Kar-Wai has such a distinctive style and uses many common motifs - part of the ...
Kōya-san in black and white 8 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
The sunlight threw me off completely. Full, blazing brightness in a place I had previously only experienced in shadow and mist. I first explored Kōya-san in 2001. Since then, it has been one of my mo...
Views of Bhutan 200 Years Ago 29 Jun 2013 | 08:28 am
In 1783, British East India Company Captain Samuel Turner set out from Calcutta towards Tibet, travelling via Bhutan. Surveyor-soldier Lieutenant Samuel Davis joined the Tibet mission. The group arriv...
Rainy Night on Pontocho 12 Jun 2013 | 04:27 pm
She emerges from the shadow of a doorway. Her hair is impeccably glossy, arranged in a high chignon. The white band of her under-robe sets off the simple pattern of her dark silk kimono. One half step...
TBEX: Lessons for the Hobby Blogger 10 Jun 2013 | 02:57 am
Last weekend was the big Travel Bloggers Exchange in Toronto - TBEX. I was one of the over 1200 travel bloggers who joined in for keynotes, seminars and sponsor/PR meetings. Most of those who were in...
Bhutan 80 Years Ago: Historical Photos 8 Jun 2013 | 01:42 am
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge has shared a collection of historical photos from Bhutan over on their Flickr page. "Frederick Williamson became Political Of...
Nara's Cherry Blossom Highlights 3 Jun 2013 | 03:03 am
It's not the standard way to do things but the "Mother's First Trip to Japan" itinerary I planned had the two of us busing straight from Kansai International Airport to Nara City. Nara is really more ...
Hello, an update. 26 May 2013 | 06:24 pm
Click, click, click, click. Hi. Where has the time gone? My mother and I spent 12 days in Japan during April, i.e. six weeks ago, and I haven't written one word about it. I've got a list of two dozen...
Sakura Dreams 3 Apr 2013 | 03:05 am
Hello! I'm on vacation in Japan. Right on time for the cherry blossom peak bloom in Kansai, I'm getting my fill of sakura viewing. Expect to see lots more posts under my 'Japan' tag soon...
ICEland? Oh, I get it. 28 Mar 2013 | 11:10 am
For the first six days of my stay in Iceland, I was catching glimpses of glaciers here and there. It wasn't until the seventh day, when our group reached Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon, that I experienced...
