Tag: Japan

Japan & Internet: less than ubiquitous

Now, the people I spoke to before I left Canada assured me that I would be bathed in internet in Japan. The wireless would fill the air like oxygen. I could practically tune in and download terabytes of information using only my brain. This is just not true. My experience, and the experience of several […]

Planes. Trains. More Planes & Trains.

I have to warn you all, I’m not traditionally very good at travel journals. I’ve been an avid diarist for years, but my specialty is taking everyday boring stuff and making it interesting. When I’m actually seeing interesting things, my brain is too busy recording to ponder and analyze. In 2007-08 I was on the […]