Did you keep a travel journal (or just an everyday diary) when you were a child? I have various diaries and journals from many times of my life and I actually love looking back on them - most often because they make me laugh, but they're also a great way to remind me of forgotten events of the past, …
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My lifelong interest in Jakarta
I've never been to Jakarta, but here's the story of why I've always wanted to go. I bet you have your own list of places to visit from the same random kind of connections, too. So, moving house has turned up so much fascinating memorabilia, and among this is a box full of my all-time favourite …
What I miss most about Japan
I moved house this week, which caused me to look through a whole lot of boxes of journals, souvenirs and photo albums. (I'm a little bit of a hoarder.) Being homesick for Japan A huge proportion of these things were from the two years I spent living in Japan. Japanese things are just so …