Tag Archives: Sapporo

Return to Chiang Mai

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Charles

I’ve got two choices here: I can write my Sapporo wrap-up, or write about my Chiang Mai arrival.  I don’t think both will fit in one post, so I’m going to write about CM, in the interest of trying to … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fail

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Charles

So, in my last post I’d promised to try to get another one out before I left for Tokyo.  Unfortunately, for my last day and a half in Kazunari’s house, the internet slowed to a crawl.  I mean, really a … Continue reading →

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Charles, The Friendly Giant

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Charles

Ok, let’s be clear: I’m absurdly behind on this blog, having been a bit behind on the last entry, which was 3.5 weeks ago.  I have little defense.  Partly, it’s been because I was doing things, not writing about them. … Continue reading →

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Striving for Balance

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Charles

I’ve been falling steadily behind the calendar, this week, as the days pass faster than I’m blogging them.  Some of that has been because I’ve been doing things, out and about, and some has been that when I’m not, I … Continue reading →

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The First Day in Sapporo

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Charles

So, in my last post it was Wednesday, June 10th, and I’d arrived at Sapporo Station in downtown Sapporo, by train from the airport about 1/2 an hour southeast.  I suppose that this would be a good point to give … Continue reading →

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Charles

I hate to use up that title so early in my wayfaring, but as I was wandering the Bangkok airport it suddenly struck me.  This is my life now: planes, trains, and automobiles.  Always traveling; even if I have interludes … Continue reading →

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Counting The Hours

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Charles

As I write this, it’s Saturday afternoon in sunny Ban Po village on the island of Koh Samui (and in many other places besides), where the temperature just after lunch was “93, feels like 117”.  I’m sitting in front of … Continue reading →

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Turning Japanese

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Charles

So, after the collapse of the Nepal trip (following the collapse of many of the Nepal buildings), I was left at a bit of a loss for where to go instead.  Chiang Mai, which I still want to return to, … Continue reading →

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