Today, I am writing about the inevitable reality that almost all travellers face, unless they are travelling professionally that is and when they come home it’s only to say hello, and pack for the next trip. Coming home can be a serious ‘culture’ shock that is not easy to deal with, and I am facing …
Continue reading Culture Shock: Part Three – Returning Home.
Whether you’re here to live, or here backpacking you are going to have to get from point A to point B somehow. I was considering doing a post all about transport in Japan and including driving, because for many people coming here to live and teach driving is an essential part of the day and …
Continue reading Japan Survival Guide Part 3: Getting around Japan by Rail!
Minato Mirai is the harbour area of Yokohama. It’s really the feature of this wonderful city, shiny and sleek built over a few small islands with a large mall and a wonderful walkway that you can take from Sakuragicho station. It’s not in the dead centre of Yokohama, but in a district which includes the …
Hey folks.Today's blog I talk about one of the most amazing places I've been in the world - the Simien Mountains in Northern Ethiopia. One of the most stunning settings you'll find anywhere in the world, a great place for trekking too. I am not a big 'trekker' (and not a big trekkie either, I …
Hello all. Today, please forgive me, I am going to be quite self indulgent. I will do my best to keep away from 'Oh woe's me!' and the like, but I can't make any firm promises. So this self-publishing ebook lark. I started back in 2011 with no real idea what I was doing. I …
When I went to India, I was a very green traveller. It was my first solo trip, the first time I had travelled alone. When I went to West Africa in 2006, I couldn’t claim the same. I had been to India three times, I had visited Bangladesh twice and been through Pakistan and Iran …
Continue reading Culture Shock Part Two: First Experiences in West Africa
Well, Spring is everywhere at the moment even if it did rain for all of Thursday, and in Japan that means cherry blossoms - Sakura. People are out and about celebrating the arrival of spring with 'Hanami', hard to define, a sort of celebration though. After a long, cold winter, where even Yokohama saw some …
As followers of this blog will know, I am darned keen on travel. I love to write as well, but also, I love to make short films and the like. Along with my (blush) Doctor Who fanfiction stuff, I also have a channel called 'The Greater World' on youtube which has 13 travel videos on …
Continue reading Astounding Uzbekistan and a Video Date with Andy
Continuing on with my tips from part one a week or so ago, today I am blogging a little about money in Japan. I can start by telling you the local currency here is the ‘yen’, or as the locals say ‘en’, and that it is worth just over 100 to the US dollar right …
Continue reading Living in Japan Survival Guide Point Two: Money
I've been very keen to get the latest 'Short Journeys' up on Amazon for kindle, and finally it has arrived! 'Short Journeys: India' is a collection of tips, information and some experiences too - stories and so forth, from my three trips to India. It covers Delhi (the good, the bad and the ugly), a …
Continue reading Short Journeys India and a travelling lesson from Jaipur
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 