Category: Musings
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A Perfect Unplanned Day Trip to Kawagoe Japan
Going Back in Time to the Edo Period I have to say I’m not the sort of traveler who does lots of pre-trip planning. I never even heard of Kawagoe (川越) in Japan before I googled “day trips near Tokyo”. And it was only on that day that I decided to visit Kawagoe when I discovered…
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Himeji Castle – First Day Exploring Japan’s Kansai Region
If you are a big castle fanatic like I am, and you’re wondering which castle I would suggest you visit first in Japan, I would name Himeji Castle with no hesitation. Himeji Castle is one of the largest in Japan and easily visited as a day trip from Kyoto and Osaka in the Kansai region.…
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Hanoi Golden Palace Hotel Review
I’m going to apologize in advance for this sloppy interview of the Hanoi Golden Palace Hotel. I took a bunch of photos of this hotel particularly for this review but somehow, someway I deleted all of them. Since I like this blog to have all of my own original photos I don’t like to pull…
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Malaysia Here I Come…
I’ll be heading over to Malaysia in a few weeks. Every year when I have to head out to do a Visa run I usually head over to Kuala Lumpur. It’s also a perfect excuse to get out and eat all that awesome Malay cuisine. Plus I’ve always enjoyed visiting Malaysia. Downside is I’ll be…
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Happy In Hanoi Vietnam
It’s the middle of August in Hanoi. It was hot, humid and utterly uncomfortable. The heat mercilessly drains your energy with every step you take along the narrow winding streets, past zipping motorbikes and friendly old Vietnamese women selling fruit and vegetables. But this is post is not a rant on how much I hate…
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Buying Coffee Beans in Ho Chi Minh City
My wife will tell anyone that I’ve got this unholy infatuation with coffee beans. And I do. I like coffee beans like Jay Leno likes cars. When coffee beans are fresh they’ve got this nice oily sheen and an amazing fragrance. You’d swear you could inhale the caffeine right out. Fresh roasted coffee beans can…
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My attempts to create some artsy night photos…
These sets of pics were taken at A La Natu Bed And Bakery at night. It’s a clear beautiful February night and the moon is full, out and bright. At the time I was on a beach chair just lounging around after a fantastic seafood dinner. The beach was just a short stroll away so…
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Trying out a new app for my blog…
So I bought an app for writing more blog post on my ipad. Cost $5 bucks and so far looks pretty good. So I’ll be able to write more on this blog.
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Catching Up…
I know I have a tendency to drop off right off the blogosphere and come right back re-appearing out from thin air. But I’ve been busy. Real busy. Married busy. Just bought a condo busy. Running a new cafe business busy. As well as a host of business problems because my bank didn’t bother to…
