‘I will write Peace on your wingsand you will fly all over the world.’ Those were the words that a 12-year old girl named Sadako Sasaki wrote about her cranes she folded as she was battling leukemia. August 6, 1945 – Little Boy hit Hiroshima. In an instant, the lives of 80000 people vanished. Another…
Category: Asia
Takayama
Out of all the towns and cities I visited in Japan, Takayama is one of my favorites. It is small enough to walk around easily but it has plenty of interesting things to see and eat. One can easily spend 2-3 days there. It gets a little touristy during the day as Japanese tourists come…
Hida Folk Village
One of the highlights of my visit to Japan was visiting HFV. Walking around its expansive grounds gave me a sense of what an old Japanese village was like in this part of Japan. What amazes me was how all the buildings and homes were disassembled in several actual villages in Gifu prefecture, relocated and…
Japanese sports fans
I have attended many sporting events and been among many die-hard fans cheering their teams on, creating for some amazing atmosphere. Japanese fans take it to another level. The choreographed spinning umbrellas in the video below is certainly unique to the Yokohama F Marinos home support!
The Battle of Rikishis
Where and when: Ryoguku Kokugikan sumo hall, Tokyo, circa May 2018 What got me wondering if a tournament was in town was when one morning, I was walking around and I saw a sumo wrestler (rikishi) in a kimono, cycling in a hurry somewhere. (I wish I had been quick enough to snap a picture…
Summary of Japan 2018
I didn’t know what route I was going to take when I visited Japan. All I knew was my journey in Japan would begin on May 13, 2018 in Tokyo. I had planned to catch several sporting events in the country (baseball and soccer especially but I was lucky enough to be in Tokyo when…
Sri Lanka
Note: This journey was done in March 2018. When I was a kid, I read about “Ceylon” in an encyclopedia I had. The illustration that accompanied that entry was of elephants bathing. In my teen years. I read about the Tamil Tigers in the news. At the time, I didn’t know they were a terrorist…
Tokyo and Kyoto
Took a trip to Japan in September 2016 with my parents, sisters, bro-in-law, nephew after our visit to Malaysia. It’s not often I get to travel abroad with my entire family and I had such a blast with them. I don’t think Japan is a stranger to anyone. We all know visitors go there for…
Sipadan/Mabul, East Malaysia
I love diving. I am a certified Open Water scuba diver. I love exploring lands but I also love exploring the world beneath the lands, a world where most of the world doesn’t see. At the beginning of December 2013, my original plan to visit the Philippines fell through due to Haiyan. As an alternate…
Sarawak, East Malaysia
Back in November 2013, I had originally planned to make a 1.5 week trip to the Philippines after spending a few days in Kuala Lumpur to attend my friend’s wedding. Then super typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines. Many of the destinations I had originally planned to visit were in Haiyan’s path such as Coron and…