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My travels

Looking at my pages, you'll see that most of my tips relate to Japan and Russia. This is no coincidence, as I taught in Japan for 4 years, and I graduated from university in NZ with a major in Russian and Slavonic Studies.

In first two stints in Japan, I travelled extensively, and I have also done three trips to Russia.

I moved back to Japan in June 2007, living in Tokyo. It looks like I may be here until around the end of 2012.

I'm originally from Upper Hutt, near NZ's capital of Wellington

Our first child, Conor was born on April 10th, 2010, and this may slow down our travel. Then again, it may not.

My Upper Hutt Page

My Wellington Page

Japan

I did two stints of teaching in Japan, the first one for one year, and the second one for three, and travelled a lot within the country.

I lived in Ehime the whole time, which is why I have a lot of tips for that area. I returned to Japan in 2007, this time to work in Tokyo, so in recent times I have posted a lot more Kanto region tips. In recent times I have also visited places such as Okinawa and Niigata

My Japan Page

My Tokyo Page

My Ehime Page

My Matsuyama Page

My Uwajima Page

My Imabari Page

Europe

Caught up at Wicklow Gaol!

I've made three trips to Europe now, and I'm sure I will make many more. Here are some pages of some of the places I have visited.

My Copenhagen Page

My Dublin Page

My Krakow Page

My London Page

Russia

Catherine Palace, Pushkin

I've made three trips to that country, the first one being for five weeks in 2001, and the second being for four weeks in 2004. I just recently visited both Vladivostok for a second time and now Ussuriysk

The first time I spent most of my time in Moscow and St Petersburg, with trips to Novgorod, Staraya Russa, Pskov, Pushkinskie Gory and Vyborg included.

The second trip was from St Petersburg to Vladivostok and then back to Japan. The Trans-Siberian was a great experience to be recommended to anyone.

My Russia Page

My St Petersburg Page

My Vladivostok Page

My Irkutsk Page

View from Tranz Alpine, South Island

Being my country of origin, I have quite a few tips for NZ.

Here are some pages to have a look at.

My Wairarapa Page

My Wanganui Page

My Greymouth Page

Rail travel

I'm a particular fan of rail travel, having travelled extensively by train in Japan, Russia and NZ (what few long distance train services there are now). Next up, I would like to do the Sydney-Perth and Adelaide-Darwin train trips.

Tranz Alpine Snaps

Asia

Busan Tower

I've visited South Korea eight times now, and I've always enjoyed the contrast with Japan, and the good food and sites. I have also visited Singapore, Taiwan, and most recently visited Shanghai. I'm hoping to do a few more short city breaks within Asia while I'm still in Tokyo

My South Korea Page

My Seoul Page

My Busan Page

My Taipei Page

My Singapore Page

My Shanghai Page

Pacific Islands

Rarotonga

I greatly enjoy the Pacific, and would like to see a lot more, most recently I visited New Caledonia, but prior to that it was the Cook Islands. Next up is likely to be Guam.

My Rarotonga Page

My Noumea Page

Intro Updated Dec 12, 2011
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Comments (36)

Rabbityama May 22, 2012 at 8:24 AM Report Abuse

I found out about Wake from a forum question about Wisteria sites and began researching more from there. It ended up being a great find!
sanukseeker Feb 25, 2012 at 2:42 PM Report Abuse

Thanks for dropping by, Joshua. As it is, I am planning a trip to Shikoku during the Golden Week and plan to devour your tips on this island;)
didier06 Feb 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM Report Abuse

Thanks for visiting my pages
taigaa001 Jan 15, 2012 at 8:26 PM Report Abuse

Happy birthday. Von Voyage.
Toshioohsako Jan 13, 2012 at 5:10 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday Joshua. I wish you also a good year and happy travels. Toshio
globetrott Jan 12, 2012 at 6:03 PM Report Abuse

Hi Joshua, a was sick for some days and had a lot of time to write some tips again about my recent cruise to the Fiji Islands ! ;-)
cachaseiro Jan 12, 2012 at 8:41 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday mate :O)
connectingrod Jan 12, 2012 at 5:06 AM Report Abuse

Welcome friend,,
jorgejuansanchez Jan 4, 2012 at 3:20 PM Report Abuse

Thank you Joshua. I wish you a happy New Year 2012! jorge
Mr.Sparkle Dec 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM Report Abuse

hey, you're right, they are calling gumma instead of using the correct spelling. How odd. thanks for clearing that up.