G’day All! Today’s post sees us dive into Manila’s heart, it’s historic district known as Intramuros. My first full day in the Philippines and I set about discovering a bit of its history, and this seemed like the perfect place to start. This walking tour took me a number of hours, five or six if …
Howdy all. Today another selection of photos from Manila. This time I am featuring the places I visited on my second day there - places I checked out OUTSIDE Intramuros (Manila's Old Town). Anyways - Enjoy! Manila at night - photo taken from my Hotel Room. Above is the Makirina Shoe Museum, featuring shoes from …
Folks, Tokyo is FULL of fun and surprises. It has many amazing museums, and some of them are a beat offbeat, a bit different if you like. Today, instead of exploring the big museums where everyone goes, I thought I'd take you along to see some museums that you might be curious about but not …
Continue reading From NOODLES to POOP – Tokyo’s Weird and Different MUSEUMS!
Hi All! Continuing on sharing some currencies from around the world, the Philippine Peso is colourful and has a great variety of coins, some with gold rings on the outside. The exchange rate during July has one US Dollar equalling around 58 Philippine Peso. Thanks for popping by! May the Journey Never End!
G'day all. In Japan the national sport is NOT baseball, NOT football, it is SUMO WRESTLING. There are tournaments through the year - six tournaments but none was on whilst I was visiting Tokyo sadly. However, tourists (and locals) can join an 'Early Morning Sumo Practice' tour like I did (booked through Viator) where you …
Continue reading Early Morning SUMO Training at Tokitsukaze Stable – Ryogoku Tour in Tokyo!
So the day arrived. 90 days of travel, over 21,000 kilometres but it was now the end of April 2023 and it was time to come home. Did I celebrate the arrival in Dakar? Not much to be fair, it wasn’t like there was a team of people waiting in Dakar for me to arrive, …
Howdy all! Today I've got a couple of YouTube Shorts I took in Korea back in May. There are a couple I haven't put together yet, but these are the ones I put up whilst I was there. Enjoy! Starfield Library in Gangnam, Seoul. This place is incredible and built it seemed for Instagrammers! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_ROSK2ix47k …
Howdy all! Today it's a new vlog and I am taking you to the brightly coloured and super friendly theme park in Tokyo known as Sanrio Puroland. Sanrio is a Japanese entertainment company responsible for many famous characters. The most famous of those characters is undoubtably 'Hello Kitty'. There's no doubt that Japan loves Disney, …
Continue reading Japan be CRAZY – Sanrio Puroland | Indoor Theme Park TOKYO!
Folks - a new series of videos for you, in which I do a little bit of eating on camera! What else could you ask for? Today the video takes us to Yokohama Station (in Japan obviously) where we look for some Soba Noodles, and end up at a place called the 'Soba Kitchen'. Not …
Continue reading Andy’s Food Bites – Japanese Favourites at the Soba Kitchen, Yokohama Station
Howdy all. If you’re just discovering my blog, every week now I have been doing a detailed post on the places I visited in 2023 when I travelled from Dhaka to Dakar. If you are not new, you’re probably sick of me mentioning this journey I undertook. Either way, here we are and today it’s …
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 Roams 