Call me naïve, call me paranoid even, but I used to worry that it would be hard meeting people in Iceland.    I used to get obsessed about i...

Well, here it is, the Adults Only edition of the Akihabara City Guide. I have been apprehensive about releasing this page to the Web, even t...

The village of Skógar might comprise just a few farms and a museum and some Tolkiensian Hobbit holes poking through the grass, but it has al...

One of my goals for the Great Shikoku Sojourn of 2005/06 was to enjoy a traditional Japanese New Year. As reported earlier, I passed New Yea...

No trip to Australia is authentic without an up close and personal  encounter with the astounding Antipodean fauna. There are a number of pl...

I must confess that I had lost hope in Sigur Rós after  ()  came out. In comparison to  Ágætis Byrjun , Sigur R ó s' first major release...