Trans-Atlantic Container Ship Travel

Day Three: Having never been out to open sea before, at some point I expected to emerge from my cabin to panoramic blue skies filled with armadas of puffy cumulus clouds combining with the bracing aroma of salt coming from the slight lapping of the otherwise glassy Atlantic waters to descend upon our small party [...]
The Trip Overland™ from Kyoto to California

The Trip Overland, will begin with a three-day ferry from Osaka to Shanghai, after which point I will travel in a westward direction overland across China, into Mongolia, past Lake Baikal and deeper on into Ekaterinburg and other Russian territory, ending in St. Petersburg (the end of the Trans-Siberian Rail) where I will begin the [...]
Soushu

A day in the park with Soushu. More than her name sounding like–she is–a long intoxicating drink of a drink so rare, only the ancient pre-Buddhist mountain worship clans know of it. But they won’t speak of it. You can’t walk next to her. Only in front or behind. But don’t let her out of [...]

