Hi everyone. Please note, to try to get some of my missing history up to date, and let me actually blog what's going on now, rather than always playing catch up from days and days ago, everything from here down to Nikko is pretty placeholdery, or totally placeholdery - none of my commentary is there from my diary notes I've been making during the day.
Have a browse of the pics, but I'll put up my commentary over the next few days.
Luke
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Welcome to The Simple Raifu!
I've done it. All my worldly possessions were in storage (well, except those stashed with friends across Melbourne), and I had no job or significant other to tie me to the place right now. Having returned from three months in Japan and had a chance to give squeezes to my loved ones, I decided that I'd never have as little to hold me back from a stint overseas as this.
So, to Edinburgh:
1) English-speaking (after a fashion)
2) Cheap flights to Europe
3) Reputedly beautiful and easy to live in
4) Wouldn't make me another Aussie in London
5) A likely place to find work, earn pounds, and not too expensive in the meantime
So, suddenly, I'm here! Got my Western Europe Lonely Planet to read, and the nearby world to explore :)
Keep in touch while I travel, with my posts of noteworthy happenings. When you've had a read, be sure to leave a comment so I know you've been by!
-Luke
Sometimes this blog lags a bit - all the posts need to be consecutive. But this status, I can update quickly.
Currently:
I finally landed a job doing business analysis work in mid-December in Edinburgh. I'm enjoying the international set of friends I've landed here, and looking for places in the UK and Europe to travel to on the weekends.
Recently:
* March to June Japan's done, Melbourne's been and gone.
* August Edinburgh Festival
* September south of France
* October Spanish language in Spain
* November unsuccessful job hunting in Edinburgh
The Simple Raifu was originally created to let folks back home keep in touch with my travels and farmhand work through Japan over a three month stay in 2007.
The Japanese blog has posts about Engrish, Japanese fancy fashion, nature and architecture, interesting elements of Japanese culture, and introduced the people I met on my travels. Hope there's something there to tickle your fancy!
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Welcome!
Welcome to The Simple Raifu!
I've done it. All my worldly possessions were in storage (well, except those stashed with friends across Melbourne), and I had no job or significant other to tie me to the place right now. Having returned from three months in Japan and had a chance to give squeezes to my loved ones, I decided that I'd never have as little to hold me back from a stint overseas as this.
So, to Edinburgh:
1) English-speaking (after a fashion)
2) Cheap flights to Europe
3) Reputedly beautiful and easy to live in
4) Wouldn't make me another Aussie in London
5) A likely place to find work, earn pounds, and not too expensive in the meantime
So, suddenly, I'm here! Got my Western Europe Lonely Planet to read, and the nearby world to explore :)
Keep in touch while I travel, with my posts of noteworthy happenings. When you've had a read, be sure to leave a comment so I know you've been by!
-Luke
Status: Where am I now?
Sometimes this blog lags a bit - all the posts need to be consecutive. But this status, I can update quickly.
Currently:
I finally landed a job doing business analysis work in mid-December in Edinburgh. I'm enjoying the international set of friends I've landed here, and looking for places in the UK and Europe to travel to on the weekends.
Recently:
* March to June Japan's done, Melbourne's been and gone.
* August Edinburgh Festival
* September south of France
* October Spanish language in Spain
* November unsuccessful job hunting in Edinburgh
The Simple Raifu was...
The Simple Raifu was originally created to let folks back home keep in touch with my travels and farmhand work through Japan over a three month stay in 2007.
The Japanese blog has posts about Engrish, Japanese fancy fashion, nature and architecture, interesting elements of Japanese culture, and introduced the people I met on my travels. Hope there's something there to tickle your fancy!
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April
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- Nikko
- A bit of Engrish for you - Ameya markets, near Uen...
- My first decent cherry blossoms - Ueno park - Wed ...
- Shibuya love hotel hunting - Wed 28 Mar
- Novelty dogs strike again
- Kamakura nunnery - Thu 29 Mar
- Kamakura temple complex - Thu 29 Mar
- Kamakura up the hill to a shrine and lookout - Thu...
- Kamakura Buddha - Thu 29 Mar
- Kamakura deity of fertility and children - Thu 29 Mar
- Plastic food shops and the big cock monument at Ka...
- A night out in Shinjuku - Fri 30 Mar
- Change of plans; Hanami with Teru and friends - Sa...
- Gomigaaru - dump you in the rubbish
- Placeholders!
- Kyoto day 3 - an unanticipated festival - April 8
- Himeji castle - Mon 9 Apr
- Himeji's Kooko-en park, and bullet train to fancie...
- Hiroshima - a continental brekky - Tue 10 Apr
- Hiroshima - the sights - Tue 10 Apr
- Miyajima - Tue 10 Apr
- My room at Beppu, and my 9th head knock
- A sandbath in Beppu, at Takegawara Onsen - Wed 11 Apr
- Beppu open-air bath Ichinoide Kaikan- Wed 11 Apr
- Sushi dinner, and bath 4 and 5 - Wed 11 Apr
- Kero, Anso and I hit the Hells - Thu 12 Apr
- Sea Hell - Thu 12 Apr
- Open air mud baths Onsen Hoyoland - Thu 12 Mar
- Some more hells - Monk Hell, Devil Hell - Fri 13 Apr
- Beppu Sex Museum - Fri 13 Apr
- My last Beppu bath and 7.5 hours of train to Tokyo...
- Dinner with Ryo and Yuki - Sat 14 Apr
- Ganguro jackpot - Sat 14 Apr
- Tokyo Disneyland - Mon 16 Apr
- The call to Shalom - Tue 17 Apr
- My first full day of work at Shalom Hutte - Wed 18...
- No guests means more playtime - hanami lunch outin...
- Another customerless day, night time hanami and an...
- A day of inn work, and dished up Spicey Ricey - Sa...
- Poo, chickens, blackboards and fush'n'chups - Sun ...
- An excursion with Usui san, a primary school, and ...
- Happy Birthday Jovita! - Tue 24 April
- Eco tour guiding, massage-by-foot, and croquettes ...
- Ponds and logs - Wed 25 Apr
- Rakkenhou = massage by foot - Wed 25 Apr
- Natural beauty, and lumber clearing in the valley ...
- Blue skies and scrubbing - Fri 26 Apr
- Novelty dogs 3 - Poodle scam
- Bulding, the end of high places, onsen, and carrot...
- Soup fog, 3 hours of dishes, and a new roomy - Sun...
- Happy Birthday Simon! - Mon 30 Apr
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