When I was looking for hotels to stay for my last night in Japan, I casually told my fiancé that I found a place that looks good. He later told me: “when you mentioned that the place lets you borrow books and bring it up to the hotel room, I knew you were going to… Read More When I Stayed… In a Book-Themed Hotel (Lamp Light Books Fukuoka Review)
After listening to やさしい民俗学‘s series on the history of the kimono, I decided to read Kimono – A Modern History and brush up on my knowledge of the kimono. As the title indicates, this book is about the kimono from 1850 onwards, till about 2014 when the book was published. Split into six very long… Read More Book Review: Kimono – A Modern History by Terry Satsuki Milhaupt
While I was looking for a place to stay in Nagasaki, I came across this listing on Airbnb and fell in love pretty much immediately. It’s a traditional Japanese house in a quiet neighbourhood and it costs what I was budgeted per night for a hotel. So sorry, this is not really a review, it’s… Read More When I stayed… in a Traditional Japanese House
While I was looking for books to borrow for my trip, I saw this and thought it would be a good fit. I might be going to the Near East and the Far East and yes, I am coming from Southeast Asia but all these countries have, in recent times, been heavily influenced by if… Read More Book Review: The Light of Asia by Christopher Harding
I was going to start off this post by saying that I don’t usually talk about where I stay on trips, but then I remembered I have talked about medieval houses and chocolate rooms so honestly, I should not be surprised at myself that I wanted to talk about the three cute places that I… Read More When I stayed… in a “First Class” Capsule Hotel (First Cabin Review)
I first heard about this book on the Medieval podcast (link to episode) and it sounded so interesting that I put it on the TBR list. And then when I actually went on a fairly long trip, I decided to borrow and it and I was definitely glad I did because both countries that I… Read More Book Review: A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages by Anthony Bale
As you guys probably all know, I’ve been blogging for a long time and if you are a really, really long time reader, you may remember that I volunteered/was voluntold to help out in the Saga International Balloon Fiesta for two years in a row during my university days. While that experience was memorable in… Read More I FINALLY RODE A HOT AIR BALLOON!
I admit, this wasn’t my first choice for a book about Morocco. What I really wanted to read was Lord of the Atlas, but the library only had In Arabian Nights (unless I wanted to read a travel guide). So although I had some reservations from reading the Goodreads reviews, I decided to borrow it,… Read More Book Review: In Arabian Nights by Tahir Shah
Due to the way the two overseas weddings I was invited to were arranged, I had about a week between when I needed to be in Morocco and when I needed to be in Japan. Since this would be my first time in Morocco, my friend and I figured that we wanted to spend some… Read More My experience with 4×4 Sahara Tours
I first heard about The Lies of the Ajungo when Lashaan reviewed it over at his blog and the novella sounded so good (plus it’s available on Libby) that I borrowed it immediately! It also helps that it’s a short read so it was easy to fit into my reading time. There is no water… Read More Book Review: The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
