Rolling back the years in Osaka 2. Singing karaoke, Osaka

October 1st 2009
Day 451: Wednesday 23rd September - Rolling back the years I’m very ready to move on from Kyoto. Too many temples, too many shrines, too many gardens and too many tourists are not good for the health!! I’m done with sightseeing, I’m done with my guidebook and I just need to get away from it all. Thankfully I’m on my way to Osaka to meet up with an old university friend, Paul, who I haven� ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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Andrew Chapman

looking for my zihuatanejo

Been working for 10 years now, had enough of the rat race, decided I wanted to 'live the dream' so I am about to embark on travelling the world at the end of June 2008. The plan is to start in Mexico, travelling overland to Guatemala flying on to Ecuador then making my way overland down the West coast of South America through Peru, Bolivia, Chile & Argentina. The plan then is to fly on to New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Australia before travelling through South East Asia (East Timor, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam). Hope then to see China, Hong Ko... full info

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