Travel

Anyone else thrilled to see the new Thomas & Friends X J.League collaboration? That’s an official collaboration. Then there are just good ideas. Like the Lobster Hot Plate flavor from Lay’s Thailand.

I’m a big fan of collaboration. These are some of my favorites. There was the SAPPORO X ROYCE’ collaboration some years ago. The idea was brilliant. Two of my favorite brands.

Last week I had a chance to stay at the Onyria Palmares Beach House Hotel. I don’t often have the chance to stay at such a nice hotel. The views were so good, and as the light changed I often found myself wandering back to the balcony of my room to take another picture.

I counted all the flights I’ve been on since mid-October of 2008. That’s a little more than nine years’ ago, and it came to 760 flights in 3,317 days. This table shows all the routes, arranged in order of frequency.

I was recently in Japan for a few weeks. I was traveling most of the time, which is a great way to try lots of different foods. As I was looking through some photos from this trip, I realized that food gives a pretty good indication of the geography of the trip.

It recently occurred to me that some of the best bars are those that specialize in just one drink. I was at the Substation No.41 rum Bar in Brisbane’s Breakfast Creek Hotel, admiring the selection of rums from all over the world.

Bangkok is a big city, and I enjoyed this view of it for the past few months. There are big buildings in all directions, but this direction has the most.

I was recently studying the grasses of Japan. This is a meadow of Sasa senanensis. I flew three flights after that, arrived back to Bangkok, and realizing I had no more flights this year, made a map of all the flights I was on in 2016.

Iconic views come along with iconic dishes. Out for dinner in Ponto-chō. Out for a walk in Kyoto. And enjoying the view from Hakodateyama.

One of the pleasant things about travel is the food. I’m often eating a favorite dish that I haven’t had in a long time, or something completely new. In the new category, I can put ika no me.