2008 > 2009
After flying back to Tokyo on December 30th, I met up with some friends in Tokyo for a “countdown” visit to Meiji Shrine. The first shrine visit of the year is “hatsumode” and since Meiji Shrine is the biggest one in Tokyo, it’s also the busiest. The street leading to the shrine was lined with […]
Scooters in pre-Christmas Saigon
Saigon is by far the most motorcycle-dense city I’ve been to yet. If Taipei can be said to have swarms of scooters, Saigon has the killer bee attack version. Which is to say, I don’t like the city much, but I’m probably biased because I don’t like the smell of raw exhaust or seeing black […]
Gotta run
For some reason, when I travel, I inevitably end up running to catch something. Previous hasty sprints have involved a bullet train in Nagasaki, a midnight train in St. Petersburg, a flight in Johannesburg, and a transfer in Bangkok. My most recent episode was a trot through Shibuya station (because who knew the Shinkansen platform […]