Category Asia

King of the Asian Castles

June 5, 2026 · by · in Asia · Leave a comment

Everybody loves a castle or a fort. We imagine knights on horseback, lowering the drawbridge & portcullis, a battering ram, catapult, perhaps even crocodiles in the moat. The truth of course is that they were brutal places. Built to be impregnable, usually somewhere high up, they could reign terror on any attackers – arrows, boiling […]

There’s No Place Like Away

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Chronicling all my travels outside Europe up until the end of 2025

Late Running Tuesday Trains – Japan

April 10, 2024 · by · in Asia, Japan, Train Travel · Leave a comment

I am just back from the land of the rising sun. It was a magical trip where we saw Fuji San and experienced Sakura (cherry blossoms). Here are some pictures combining trains with blossom. And here is Fuji San taken from the train.