Category Archives: Japan

Exploring the world’s strangest hotels is certainly a fun thing to do, given the extremes hotels have gone to, just in the name of being “strange”.

Many people believe that Japan is too expensive to visit. However for the savvy and patient traveler, there are several ways to make your money last in Japan.

I’ve tried most of these beers and will gladly offer my opinion on them in the following ‘beer notes’.

Jack London’s life reads like an adventure novel. From being a vagrant to a pirate to working in the gold fields to learning to surf from Duke Kahanamoku, he lived forty years larger than life. Truly an extraordinary vagabond.

Harry Franck’s willingness to travel with no money, his keen eye for the details of his journey and the societies he recorded (some of which soon disappeared) make him a welcome addition to our list of Extraordinary Vagabonds.

a 6.2 earthquake just struck Japan

I’ve started a new channel at YouTube (VagoTravels) now that I’ve figured out how to get past the censors in Turkey (YouTube is banned in Turkey). I will be adding new videos from time to time.

Don’t read anything about the country of place you are going to. That way you won’t understand the culture, the traditions, the history, the climate, or anything else. You will be able to have a completely one dimensional experience.

In # 1 of this series, I presented the questions. # 2 profiled Kay and [...]