Chợ Bến Thành Market
Chợ Bến Thành Market is the oldest, largest and most important public market in Hồ Chí Minh City. Located in the heart of District 1, this sprawling marketplace is popular […]
Category Archives: Travel
Farewell 2014
As the last hours of 2014 tick down, I want to wish all my blog readers and followers a happy and healthy 2015 ahead. Thank you for visiting and supporting […]
Out and About: Fukuoka
My tour of Kyushu starts and ends in Fukuoka, the largest and most populous city on the island, and the sixth largest in Japan. This metropolis is not unlike any […]
Kyushu Roadtrip – Part 2
After the freezing cold of Mount Aso, it was time head south to warmer climes. Kagoshima is the main city in southern Kyushu, and the largest city in Kagoshima Prefecture. […]
Kyushu Roadtrip – Part 1
Just before Christmas some friends and I managed to squeeze in a quick trip to Japan, on a roadtrip around its most southwesterly island of Kyushu. For a visitor, driving […]
Kyoto Temple Walk – Part 2
Continuing my Kyoto temple tour, here a few more sites visited on my recent trip to Japan. Unlike the Higashiyama district, these are a little further from the city center, […]
Kyoto Temple Walk – Part 1
Kyoto is the former capital of Japan and known as the “City of Ten Thousand Shrines”. In actuality there are about 2000 temples and shrines in the city, but that […]
Kyoto’s Flower Towns
Hanamachi, literally “flower town”, is a Japanese geisha district. These areas contain historical okiya geisha houses and ochaya tea houses that are still active today, and provide a glimpse of […]
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