p.t. | photography

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...

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

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...

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...

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

Hakodate Arriving in Hakodate, stepping off the ferry, I was greeted by that same 50-60kmh wind (gale) that battered the ferry across the...

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...

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...

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...

Against all standard itineraries I had decided to go north from Tokyo, with the plan to eventually arrive in Hokkaido just after the...

The Tokyo rail / metro system is gigantic, yet runs like clockwork, is very clean, quiet and basically just incredibly impressive....

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

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...

In an attempt to reinvigorate my blogspace (are blogs still a thing? oh well who cares), posting some random photos taken during a short...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...