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As time wears on and home becomes ever more elusive...
for the timebeing we're stationed in Soka, Japan.
But we're always dreaming of the next trip.
Thirst for knowledge (withheld from us),
geography, culture, ...ants in the pants.
These are the places we've seen:
| cambodia | canada | china | india | malaysia | philippines |
| singapore | south korea | sri lanka | thailand: 1 2 3 | usa | vietnam || japan: asakusa baseball cherry blossoms chichibufugufujigeisha hiroshima kamakura
kyoto miyajima nara nikko osaka sadogashima shinjuku sumo tsukiji yasukuni yokohama |
all entries are dated , starting with the most recent
[ japan - return to canada ]
final log... entries are in chronological order from the most recent
16.12.12 on the road again
16.11.05 cowboy gets another shot
16.08.01 back in Canada
16.07.30-12.03 photo retrospective of our return home
16.07.01-30 sayonara nippon, our last month in japan
16.07.22 farewell boat cruise, tokyo bay
16.07.04 yakyu (japanese baseball)
16.06.19 tsukiji, tokyo's fish market
16.06.12-14 osaka
16.06.12-14 naniwa kotoba (osaka-ben)
16.06.13 the osamu tezuka manga museum
16.06.13 osaka jo, japan's most famous castle
16.06.12-14 the capsule hotel, osaka
16.06.10 todai-ji's great buddha, nara
16.06.09-12 the temples of nara
16.06.09 surprise, surprise...
16.04.29-05.03 sadogashima (golden island of exile)
16.04.18 yasukuni shrine
16.04.10 friends
16.04.04 sakura matsuri (cherry blossom festival)
[ india ]
16.03.27-30 time with friends...
16.03.26-04.01 mumbai (formerly bombay)
16.03.26 journals from bollywood
16.03.24-26 mumbai mail express (sleeper train from chennai)
16.03.24 pondichery
16.03.24 journals from chennai
16.03.23 the temples of mamallapuram
16.03.22 essence of the gita
16.03.21-24 tamil nadu's chennai (formerly madras)[ sri lanka ]
16.03.20-21 sri lanka stopover
[ thailand 3 ]
16.03.19 journals from thailand
16.03.15-19 the temples of ayutthaya
[ japan ]
16.03.04 memorandom article (April edition)
16.02.15 nakano mansion, home matters (virtual tour of our house)
16.02.01 february update[ malaysia ]
16.01.05 poem from malaysia (l'ecriture)
16.01.02-03 farewell from malaysia
16.01.01-03 the beaches of pulau langkawi
15.12.29-16.01.01 pulau penang, pearl of the orient
15.12.29 journals from the jungle
15.12.26-29 taman negara, world's oldest rainforest
15.12.23-26 melaka town
15.12.23-25 journals from melaka
15.12.22 batu caves
15.12.21-23 kuala lumpur
15.12.21-22 journals from KL & batu caves[ japan ]
15.12.13 2003 christmas party
15.11.13 settling in to fall
15.10.18-19 the annual soka matsuri
15.10.05 sumeba miyako
15.08.23 summer trip brief
15.08.20 back in soka
15.07.19-08.18 friends from the road[ vietnam ]
15.08.05-18 hanoi
15.08.05-18 the old quarter, hanoi
15.08.11-14 halong bay
15.08.09 van mieu temple of literature, hanoi
15.08.07 the perfume pagoda
15.08.02-05 saigon (ho chi minh city)
15.08.04 the mekong delta, saigon
15.08.02-20 journals from the road (vietnam)
[ cambodia ]
15.08.01 s-21 prison camp
15.07.30-08.02 phnom pehn
15.07.30 tonle sap
15.07.26-29 temples of angkor
15.07.25-30 siem reap
15.07.25 the road from thailand to cambodia
15.07.26-08.01 journals from the road (cambodia)
[ thailand 2 ]
15.07.21-24 the river kwai
15.07.23 temple of the tigers
15.07.21-24 kanchanaburi
15.07.19-24 journals from the road (thailand)
[ japan ]15.07.13 retrospective on year two
15.07.05-06 mount fuji
15.07.05 summit postcard
15.06.21-28 lola!
15.06.07 fugu dining (poisonous blowfish)
15.05.30-06.01 chichibu, saitama-ken
15.05.03 the giant buddha of kamakura
15.04.18 a.f.p. press release[ philippines ]
15.04.01-04 mindoro
15.03.25 our wedding
15.03.17-20 malapascua15.03.01 my last farewell
15.02.15 kundiman15.01.01-04 streets of manila
14.12.30-31 banaue rice terraces
14.12.27 balik bayan
14.12.26-27 villa escudero
14.12.24-26 san pablo city
14.12.22-24 balik sa bohol
14.12.20-15.01.04 la santa familia
14.12.20 manila, baby![ japan ]
14.12.07-09 hiroshima, mon amour
14.12.08 miyajima
14.11.12 november update
14.10.12-14 kyoto's shinmonso ryokan
14.10.12-14 gion, kyoto
14.10.12-14 geisha game
14.10.13 kiyomizu temple, kyoto
14.10.11 fall update[ china ]
14.08.30 huangpu river
14.08.30 looking for communism in all the wrong places
14.08.29-30 the markets of shanghai
14.08.29 yu yuan, the jade garden
14.08.28 zhongshan mountain, nanjing
14.08.27 rape of nanking, 1937-38
14.08.27-28 nanjing, the old capital
14.08.27 en route to nanjing
14.08.26-09.01 images of shanghai[ japan ]
14.08.22 free press
14.08.20 tokyo rain
14.08.18 okaerinasai[canada]
14.07.23-08.14 faces from home
14.07.23-08.14 ontario, there's no place like home[usa]
14.07.17-22 new york, new york
14.07.20 central park
14.07.19 chinatown, new york city
14.07.18 ground zero[ japan ]
14.07.16 photo retrospective
14.07.15 reflections on year one
14.06.30 chinatown, yokohama
14.05.26 book launch: Faces in the Crowds [buy the book]
14.05.19 on critics (daily yomiuri review)
14.05.15 bored with the office scanner
14.05.15 picture perfect Japan
14.05.11-12 big sight exhibit
14.05.04-06 SABS english camp
14.04.18 shinjuku: a quote from William Gibson[ south korea ]
14.04.05 folk village, outside of seoul
14.04.04 DMZ
14.04.03 seoul shopping
14.04.02 changdeokgung palace, seoul
14.04.02 seoul[ japan ]
14.03.13 the differences
14.02.18 gulliver's troubles
14.02.09 grand sumo tournament
14.01.29 asakusa, tokyo
14.01.08 thoughts on going back to Japan[ thailand 1 ]
14.01.04-07 bangkok, the final chapter
14.01.03 jungles of khao sok
14.01.01 island hangover
13.12.30-31 ko phi phi
13.12.30 ko phi phi photos
13.12.28-29 en route to the islands
13.12.27 wat phra sing
13.12.25-27 chiang mai
13.12.23 grand palace
13.12.23-24 bangkok[ singapore ]
13.12.21 singapore
[ japan ]
13.11.20 shodou
13.11.01 random ramblings from the foolwit
13.10.06 mansion
13.09.05 mes mots japonais
13.08.30 temples of nikko
13.08.04 zeus