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Archives for April 2009

Staying in a capsule hotel in Tokyo

April 25, 2009 By James Clark 22 Comments

Capsule Inn Akihabara

[A review of my stay at Capsule Inn Akihabara from my 2007 visit to Tokyo.] Tokyo offers a wide range of accommodation options, but nothing is as quirky as a capsule hotel. The first capsule hotel opened in Osaka in 1979 and they can now be found in major cities across Japan. I stayed at […]

Filed Under: Accommodation Tagged With: hotel, japan, tokyo

Notes on Tokyo: Godzilla, hi-tech toilets, packed subways, fugu fish

April 23, 2009 By James Clark 3 Comments

Godzilla and I

Notes from my visit to Tokyo in April, 2007. Godzilla and I On my city map of Tokyo I noticed a dot marked “Godzilla Statue”. In my mind’s eye I pictured a statue at least one storey high of the lizard, perhaps eating a car, with life size people statues fleeing the scene in terror. […]

Filed Under: Travel Blog Tagged With: japan, pop culture, statue, tokyo

Flight Review: Jetstar – Melbourne to Bangkok

April 8, 2009 By James Clark 4 Comments

Flight Review: Jetstar - Melbourne to Bangkok

Flight: Jetstar JQ 29 Date: 27 Jan 2008 From: Melbourne (MEL), Australia To: Bangkok (BKK), Thailand Jetstar is the low cost airline brand of Qantas. They operate flights from Australia to popular destinations in Asia as well as New Zealand and Hawaii. As Jetstar is a low cost airline it doesn’t have the usual frills […]

Filed Under: Flight Review Tagged With: airlines, australia, bangkok, jetstar, melbourne, thailand

Singapore Airport Budget Terminal

April 5, 2009 By James Clark 1 Comment

Singapore Airport Budget Terminal

[Edit: This is a review from my visit in February, 2008. The Budget Terminal has now closed to make way for Terminal 4.] Singapore Changi Airport is world renown for its award-winning facilities. It is the home of Singapore Airlines and it’s a major air travel hub in Asia. Budget airlines though are not interested […]

Filed Under: Travel Blog Tagged With: airport, singapore

Orangutans of Sumatra – Gunung Leuser National Park

April 1, 2009 By James Clark 5 Comments

Orangutan with Bananas

Orangutans are the worlds largest living arboreal animal and can only be found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, Indonesia. These two islands have been logged extensively which has endangered the orangutan population. The North of Sumatra has seen less logging and palm oil/rubber plantation development thus has a the largest orangutan population in […]

Filed Under: Travel Blog Tagged With: animals, bukit lawang, gunung leuser, indonesia, national park, orangutan, sumatra

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