Archive for the ‘ Travel ’ Category
Good news came recently for foreign and local travel aficionados alike when Air Asia announced they would be opening up a travel route between Malaysia and Incheon Airport — South Korea’s most active international airport. Air Asia is an airline based out of Malaysia, well known for it’s laughably cheap flights between Southeast Asian nations compared [ READ MORE ]
Is there a better way to awaken the inner child in you than spending a full day chasing Mickey Mouse and Pooh Bear around Disneyland? Certainly not for my friends, although Pluto clearly holds the key to their hearts. It’s been seventeen years since I last stepped foot in a Disney resort, and whilst much of [ READ MORE ]
Have you ever heard of the Yomuiri Giants or the Chunichi Dragons? They might sound like two teams in a Japanese version of robot wars, but they are in fact professional Japanese baseball clubs who we had the pleasure of seeing at the extraordinary Tokyo Dome last week. Moving to the Far East has really opened [ READ MORE ]
Reading the raves and rants about Sofia Coppola’s Oscar winning comedy ‘Lost In Translation‘, one thing always goes missing. Honestly, this movie inspired me to visit Tokyo and Japan. The experts tell you that the film is a poor representation of the Japanese people, especially during their amusing interactions with Bill Murray. Accurate or not, I’m [ READ MORE ]
There are not many cities in the world where you could say five days is not enough to see it all. But Tokyo, the biggest metropolitan area on the planet with 36 million souls, is one of those places. Average time commuting from one attraction to another is roughly seventy minutes, so by the time [ READ MORE ]
It’s what we have all been waiting for. The summer holidays are finally here. Except, ours last a whole………7 days. You don’t come to a Korean private school for the period out of work. No time to climb Mount Everest, take a boat down the Mekong River, see the Terracotta Army and relax by the Pacific [ READ MORE ]
“Ibiza, but with American soldiers” was how one friend described the Boryeong Mud Festival on Korea’s western coast this week. I’m sure most of you will have seen SKY1 shows on BSKYB about drunken shenanigans in the Mediterranean. The difference being, supposedly, that Boryeong had, largely, replaced British and Irish holidaymakers with some of the [ READ MORE ]
Having questioned exactly what it meant to be travelling home after nearly two years residing in South Korea (superficial musings to the effect of ‘is it really home at all?’) I was given a little jolt of officiality when I arrived in Canada. It would seem the government has a position on my philosophical debate, one [ READ MORE ]
My second Japanese coming was not to do a Lonely Planet suggested tour of this archipelago. I wanted something the travel writers could not offer you. It’s just as culturally important, and away from the madding crowds. I wanted to see a Japanese school. I brought my family to see my school in March, and, in all [ READ MORE ]
For the second time since arriving in Korea last August, I have had the pleasure of visiting the insanely interesting and culturally rich of country of Japan. My brother is a teacher just south of the chaotic triangle of madness that is Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. The bus ride from Osaka’s Kansai airport to the [ READ MORE ]