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Life on other worlds, whether in our own solar system or orbiting distant stars, might well have to survive in ice-covered oceans, like those on Jupiter’s Moon Europa, or in sealed, gas-filled caves, which should be plentiful on Mars. If … Continue reading →

The Best Things to See in SE Asia BHUTAN – Travel Facts, The Trip MYANMAR – Travel Facts, Democracy in Myanmar, Army Manoeuvres, The Economy, The Trip THAILAND – Travel Facts, Monarchy, The Trip LAOS – Travel Facts, Laos Today, … Continue reading →

NAGOYA (pop 2.26 million) is a manufacturing powerhouse, home to Toyota, and with a GDP topping many small countries. Located on a large plain between Tokyo and Kyoto/Osaka, it is the gateway to the Japan Alps to the north. It … Continue reading →

The best ultralight backpacking foods are high in calories, compact, and fast to prepare. In order to keep your food load as lightweight as possible, you want to carry foods that have 100 calories per ounce or more. One ounce … Continue reading →

Nagoya (pop 2.26 million) is a manufacturing power house, home to Toyota, and with a GDP topping many small countries. Located on a large plain between Tokyo and Kyoto/Osaka, it is the gateway to the Japan alps to the north. … Continue reading →

With 3 days left on my JR Pass, I took the shikansen north-east to Yokahama, just short of Tokyo and then north to the north side of Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes. One can spend all day walking … Continue reading →

March 29 was a huge train day where I took bullet trains all the way from Aomori on the north tip of Honshu via Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima and Fukuoka to Kagoshima on the south tip of Kyushu, basically the … Continue reading →

KYOTO (pop 1.5 million) is the main tourist city of Japan. The Kyoto basin was first settled in the 7th century, and by 794, it had become the capital of Japan and home of the Imperial family until 1868, when it … Continue reading →

JAPAN – Kyusu, South Honshu March 14-20 Another country, my twelfth this winter. Another currency (worth about 100 yen to the $US), driving on the left, another language that I don’t know a word of, and a people who speak … Continue reading →