We are almost at the end of this marathon theme that started a couple of months back and has been dominating Saturdays on this blog for half that when I decided to give it its own dedicated day. If you are coming to Japan, you are going to want to find a job, probably first. …
Continue reading Japanese Survival Guide Point 9 – Finding Work!
This week the World Journeys Podcast is heading to the World Cup in Brazil! Well, sort of! We have a good old chinwag with Michael Woolhouse who is heading to the World Cup to support the mighty Socceroos (Australia's football team). I met Michael in Japan, to discover he lived around the corner from me …
Continue reading World Journeys Podcast Episode 7 – World Cup Special!
Howdy folks. It's time for a little reflection on the world today and the way things are done. Have a look at the two girls in the photo above I saw one my day trip to Hakone a month ago now. What exactly is going on there? It looks like the girl on the left …
Today, it's a special GUEST POST from Jessica from Turquoise Compass. I feel very privileged to have been approached by Jessica to contribute a guest post. It's on a country and a part of the world I have never been to (naturally I am extremely jealous) - Guyana, South America. So, I will turn it …
Continue reading Guest Post – 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Guyana
Hi everyone I wasn't going to blog at all today, I am trying to restrict myself to five posts a week although at the moment it's six, when I finally start working (it's coming!) then I think five will be about the maximum I can manage. But I have a free afternoon and I thought …
Howdy all! My latest Short Journeys is out on Amazon! After some feverish editing and at one point the original file disappearing completely from my computer (yes, it wasn't a great moment), the latest of my ebooks is out for Amazon Kindle. The Short Journeys series books are full of anecdotes, experiences, opinions and reviews …
If there was one city in China I was keen to visit before I went there, it was Shanghai. Why? Perhaps it seemed the most romantic of China’s cities? The most forward-thinking even back before China opened itself up to tourism, full of shiny skyscrapers and technology. Ripped off technology, sure, but technology none-the-less. I …
Winding down my Japanese Survival Guide now, with principally the third last post unless something else springs to mind, folks it’s time to prepare for the red tape that awaits the foreigner when you come to work in Japan as an ESL Teacher. The irony of it all is that Japan is a principally capitalistic …
Continue reading Japanese Survival Guide Point 7 – City Hall and Bureaucracy
Recorded in Ueno Park, Ueno, Tokyo, the sixth episode of the World Journeys Podcast includes not one but TWO Andrews! Fighting off crows and temple gongs, this podcast is a great listen. Andrew Higgins talks to me (Andrew Boland) about his two years thus far in Japan. Andrew loves Akihabara, he's even visited a Maid …
Continue reading World Journeys Podcast Episode Six – with Andrew Higgins.
I thought I'd have a little fun today and show you some of the more interesting signs that I've seen in Japan. Remembering that English is not the first language in Japan, or indeed China (I've included a few from there from my 2011 visit) it seems obvious that 'Google Translate' is used a little …
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy's World Journeys 