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2025 - Hong Kong
A week in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is known as one of the best cities in the world for street photography and for this reason I've been...

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Jun 162 min read


2025 - Vietnam (the people of...)
The people of Vietnam, as a I experienced it, are very hospitable and friendly. They also appear to be very hard working (especially the...

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Jun 161 min read


2025 - Vietnam (the places of...)
After a few months in Japan, I had agreed to meet a friend and his partner for around 3 weeks in Vietnam, another new country for me. He...

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Jun 163 min read


2025 - Japan (Onomichi and Hiroshima)
Onomichi Arriving by plane from Sapporo at Hiroshima Airport on a rainy night with a bad cold and one deaf air (a painful descent it was...

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May 133 min read


2025 - Japan (Hokkaido: Asahikawa and Abashiri)
Asahikawa Having decided to skip Sapporo for now, I opted next for Hokkaido's second largest city and the place where Japan's coldest...

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May 24 min read


2025 - Japan (Hokkaido: Hakodate and Noboribetsu Volcanic Zone)
Hakodate Arriving in Hakodate, stepping off the ferry, I was greeted by that same 50-60kmh wind (gale) that battered the ferry across the...

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Apr 263 min read


2025 - Japan (Tohoku Region: Aomori and Ferry to Hokkaido)
Aomori The snowiest city in the world. An average of over 600cm of snow falls here per year, yes that's 6 metres. It's truly a sight to...

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Mar 142 min read


2025 - Japan (Tohoku Region: Hirosaki)
Hirosaki Although I had bought a ticket on the scenic ('joyful' in Japanese) train from Akita through to Aomori, I decided to get out one...

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Mar 141 min read


2025 - Japan (Tohoku Region: Akita)
Akita is another relatively large city, on Japan's north west coast. It's known for the Akita breed of dog... I only stayed here briefly...

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Mar 131 min read


2025 - Japan (Tohoku Region: Sendai to Kanunodate)
Against all standard itineraries I had decided to go north from Tokyo, with the plan to eventually arrive in Hokkaido just after the...

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Mar 123 min read


2025 - Japan (Tokyo - Metro)
The Tokyo rail / metro system is gigantic, yet runs like clockwork, is very clean, quiet and basically just incredibly impressive....

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Feb 71 min read


2025 - Japan (Tokyo)
For 2025 I am taking some (much needed) leave, of an extended variety. Japan was the first destination, a country I've never visited....

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Feb 74 min read


2022 - Yamba (Australia)
After a few years of essentially solid Monday to Friday 9-5 work, an escape was necessary. The chosen spot was Yamba, a town I came...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read


Long time no post, short road trip
In an attempt to reinvigorate my blogspace (are blogs still a thing? oh well who cares), posting some random photos taken during a short...

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Sep 3, 20221 min read


July 2020 - Summer escape to Syracuse, Sicily
Fact: it's impossible to stop Europeans enjoying their summer holidays. By July, many countries within the EU had re-opened to European...

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Aug 26, 20205 min read


June 2020 - things start to ease
Enter June and the weather continues to get pleasant, the birds really are making themselves heard and my bike rides continue without...

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Aug 25, 20202 min read


May 2020 - Spring in full swing
It was now May and the thought of being 'stuck' in Maastricht was definitely not an unpleasant one. It was spring, the countryside was...

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Aug 25, 20201 min read


Civilisation implodes at the hands of the tiniest of life's wonders
Media driven decision-making So, arriving from Norway in Amsterdam in late March on one of the final flights I took an empty train to...

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Aug 25, 20203 min read


March 2020 - Hei Norge (Norway)
There are many reasons I've always wanted to visit Norway. Of course there is the natural beauty but one of my all time heroes is a...

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Jul 26, 20204 min read


March 2020 - Hej Sverige (Sweden)
I've never travelled overnight on a boat/ship before and was curious how I'd like it. The 'ferry' left Tallinn at 6pm and arrived in...

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Jun 3, 20204 min read
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