It's the return of my favourite guest blogger today - Rachel from Because I Said So. Last time she talked about toothache in Japan, but this time round Rachel's getting a bit more philosophical and tackles the big travelling debate: is it really about the journey or the …
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Curious festivals in Japan are just more reasons to love it
Thanks to a good tip from my mother I watched a great documentary episode on Japan recently, on a BBC program called Feasts, hosted by food writer Stefan Gates. What I loved about it is although it focused on a couple of rather quirky festivals in specific parts of Japan, the host managed to …
Thinking of Hong Kong, aka Kong Kong
It is a VERY long time since my one and only trip to Hong Kong - in fact, it's over a quarter of a century ago! Not only have I changed a lot since then, but I suspect plenty about Hong Kong has changed too, not least that it has lapsed from being a British colony to become a "Special Administrative …