2 weeks in Kyushu with the Japan rail pass. Part 5 of 6: Day 11 – 13 Beppu and emergency move to Kyoto!
Day 11: travelling to Beppu – Kaimonji hotspring – Beppu reimen noodles We checked out of our Kagoshima airbnb at around 10am. The main station was only about 5 minutes walk, but the owner of the building (not the host)…
2 weeks in Kyushu with the Japan rail pass. Part 4 of 6: Day 9 – 10 Kagoshima and Sakurajima
Day 9: visit to Sakurajima – volcanic foot bath – food stall village in Kagoshima Sakurajima is an active volcano and the symbol of Kagoshima. Easily accessible from Kagoshima city centre by a ferry which runs every 15 minutes during…
2 weeks in Kyushu with the Japan rail pass. Part 3 of 6: Day 8 Kumamoto to Kagoshima by sightseeing trains
Day 8: A great sightseeing train journey from Kumamoto to Kagoshima Today we are heading to Kagoshima. With shinkansen, Kagoshima can be reached from Kumamoto in less than an hour, but we decided to take 3 sightseeing trains and have…
2 weeks in Kyushu with the Japan rail pass. Part 2 of 6: Day 4 – 7 Nagasaki and Kumamoto
Day 4: Travelling to Nagasaki – Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park – Dejima and city night views We started using our rail pass. Our initial plan was to visit Tozan shrine in Kami-Arita on our way to Nagasaki, but…
2 weeks in Kyushu with the Japan rail pass. Part 1 of 6: Day 1 – 3 Fukuoka
In the Summer of 2019, we explored Kyushu Japan with the Japan rail pass (aka: JR pass). This time we were 3: myself, C, and C’s mum. The JR pass allows you to travel with almost all JR trains including…
Trouble ridden summer holiday in Japan
Small problems and some stressful situations are completely common during travel. Being a budget traveler, I’ve had dozens of small travel problems like that, but I have never had so many in one single journey like we did in summer…
A little Christmas story and Happy New Year
2019 had been a really peculiar year for C and I. We have been very busy and were unable to travel as much as we did in previous years due to some changes forced upon us, one of which was…
London Eating: Andina, Shoreditch
July 2019 The passion fruit coulis… I just wanted to take it home in a jar, lots and lots of it. A day after the UK has seen its second hottest day on record, we decided to go on our…
London Eating: The Mayfair Chippy, Mayfair
June 2019 I took my leftover home and the brown bag was still spotless – amazing The sun is finally out in London. It was time for a good food takeaway picnic. The Mayfair Chippy is located in… well, Mayfair…
London Eating: Hoppers, Soho
May 2019 My doubtful voice at this point really began to worry about their portion size: ‘Is it already Hopper time?! I’m not ready!’ I worked with a bunch of people from Sri Lanka when I was in my early…
