Akihabara is one of the famous districts in Tokyo, a mixture of colour and life, electronics and computer games, of Maid Cafes and Super Potatoes! I was keen to get down to it and no way was the rain going to hold me back! In today's video I check out the Don Quijote Department store …
Continue reading Maid Cafes, AKB48, Video Games and Manga – This is Akihabara!
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 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 …
Hi all! Some more shorts for you today - this time recently published from Melbourne town in sync with the episodes of 'Melbourne Revealed' I shot earlier this year. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4NuCDqOsFfg https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MOwf8V_Lvs4 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wuy_JoKBX9E https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sxpBNFJUISQ Thanks for popping by! May the Journey Never End!
Folks - It's time to delve deep into Tokyo with my first Tokyo vlog of 2024. Join me as I start with the famous crazy Shibuya Scramble Crossing and discover Tokyo Character Street, under Tokyo Station where you can find shops devoted to all your favourite anime and manga characters. See me get totally LOST …
Continue reading LOST in TOKYO – Skytree, 3000 Toy Capsule Machines, Tokyo Character Street & MORE
G'day all! Today's little vlog takes us - me and you - from Tokyo's Narita Airport into the centre of Tokyo - and beyond to Yokohama. How do we make this journey? Narita is a long way from the centre of Tokyo - around 70km. There's no question - the Narita Express, a fast train, …
Continue reading BEST WAY from Narita Airport to Tokyo – How to Take the Narita Express
Although I had visited the Island of Goree before on my previous trip to Senegal, on last year’s trip I still wanted to visit it again. Ile de Goree is this somewhat beautiful island, a short ferry ride from Dakar, that between the 15th and 19th centuries CE was the world’s biggest slave-trading centre. It …
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 