The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky
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Visiting Shinjuku and the red light district of Kabukichō When people think of Tokyo, visions of Shinjuku come to mind. Shinjuku is modern Tokyo: the home of tall skyscrapers in West Shinjuku, the …
The Craziest show we’ve ever seen – Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant Great white sharks, mean Panda bears riding cows, scary rabbits, huge snakes, a whole bunch of other robots spitting fire …
The Gate Hotel Asakusa: Review We don’t usually stay in hotels when we travel. We’re full-time travellers so we usually rent apartments. But Tokyo was different. For one thing, we were on …
A Day trip to Nikko (Japan) A popular daytrip from Tokyo are the famous Buddhist-Shinto temples and shrines of Nikko. It makes for a long day as it takes 2 hours to get there (ie. 4 hours total travel …
Asakusa and Ueno – why everyone should visit Northern Tokyo When people think of Tokyo they think of a megalopolis of modern skyscrapers. That’s a pretty accurate description of most of Tokyo. In fact …
How to see Tokyo with a Free Volunteer Guide This post dates back to 2016 – but nothing has changed, you can still get a free volunteer guide to show you around Tokyo. All the information below. …
The Best Places to Visit in Cuba Cuba is much more than beaches and sun. Though slowly changing, Cuba is a place stuck in a time warp with its government, architecture, and fleet of old American cars. …
What is Seville (Spain) like? We’ve been in Seville (Sevilla) just over a month as I write this. But it didn’t take us long to fall in love with this city – Sevilla is simply amazing and for full-time …
We spent the month of August in Lisbon. For me, it was a return to a city that I had visited 25 years ago. Lisbon is a very popular place these days, attracting tourists with its beautiful …
