Restore calm with the Hasami Porcelain Mug, a Review
I recently treated myself to a Hasami Porcelain‘s mug. I initially saw the mug at a Goodhood shop in London and it was love at first sight, but I still did plenty online research and visited several other stores in…
Christmas in Japan: KFC, Spaghetti bolognese and other weird and wonderful things
‘Every year, I make sure I’m not in Japan during Christmas, because Christmas in Japan is so sad and depressing!’ When I was living in Tokyo, I heard so many people who came from traditionally Christian countries saying this. You…
What is Tokyo like?
Have you been to Tokyo? What is your impression? Would you like to visit Tokyo one day? What are your expectations? For the Japanese, Tokyo can be seen as the ‘city of dreams’ associated with opportunity and chance of success…
Is it possible to reset your mind? : 24 hours ‘dopamine detox’
In August 2020, I tried ‘dopamine detox’ for 24 hours. Apparently there is no actual science behind it and you will find many different views and opinions on this on the internet. My simple understanding is that we can regain…
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…
Is it hard to travel in India?
India can be challenging for budget travellers. We were constantly on alert about what we ate and drunk, tricky taxi drivers, scammers and general pushing, shoving and chaos of Indian cities. I think we were intrigued, stressed and excited all…
