• Field Report: Tōkyō, Japan (02 February 2014)

    Day 1 may have been a bust, though Day 2 was anything but. Church, art, and piping hot ramen – all that a solo traveller needs to make his Sunday as great as it can be.

  • Field Report: Tōkyō, Japan (01 February 2014)

    Not much happened on this day, so let’s get it over with quickly and move on.

  • Flight Report: MNL-NRT on PR 428

    There are times when a good onboard experience makes up (at least in part) for less-than-satisfactory service on the ground, and might just spell the difference between a disaster and a merely unpleasant interlude. This was one such occasion.

  • Lounge Report: PR “Mabuhay Lounge”, MNL

    I had originally booked myself into economy class for my flight to Japan, but a reasonably priced over-the-counter, one-way upgrade offer at check-in brought me back into the forward cabin – and, before the flight, into Philippine Airlines’ newly renovated lounge.

  • ただいま.

    ただいま.

    Diego’s back from his fifth trip to Japan. The best one yet, in his view. We’ll put the documentation of my October 2013 trip to Seoul on hold for the moment, as I’m eager to set my latest experiences down in writing whilst the memories are fresh and I’ve still got energy for the project.…

Quote of the week

"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

~ Rogers Hornsby