Alone in Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market
A visit to Tokyo is, to me, incomplete without a stop at The Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, better known as Tsukiji Market. Early mornings...
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Exploring Akihabara’s Arcades
In all my prior visits to Tokyo I somehow managed to never visit the Akihabara neighborhood. I’m not entirely sure why; after all, I’m a...
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Quick notes (and a giveaway) from the first United DEN-NRT flight
I’m sitting my room in Tokyo now, watching the rain fall and trying to muster the energy to get out and find dinner before collapsing...
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A pilgrimage to Mt. Kyaiktiyo
Without any context this picture means roughly nil. With a tiny bit of background, however, it easily represents my greatest moment during the week we...
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In flight: Copenhagen to Aarhus on SAS
The airports of Copenhagen to Aarhus, Denmark are only 84 miles apart. There isn’t a whole lot of time in-flight to worry about things like...
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Taking in a concert at Hannover’s Marktkirche
For all the time I’ve spent in the churches of Europe, looking at the stained glass windows and admiring the pipe organs I’d never actually...
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The greatest sandwich I’ll never have again
The morning started off normally enough, at least for what I was expecting in Laos. We were in Vientiane and headed out with Green Discovery,...
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Zip-lining over Laos
Gear up, clip in and step off the platform. That’s all there is to zip-lining, right? Not so much in Laos, where everything runs a...
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Tad Kuang Si: Luang Prabang’s best waterfalls
Looking for something resembling a beach near Luang Prabang, Laos? Hop in the back of a tuk tuk or van and ride about 30 kilometers...
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Monks on parade in Luang Prabang, Laos
Read any guide book, trip report or other account of a visit to Luang Prabang, Laos and there is a very, very high chance you’ll...