fragrant vagrants: Tokyo, Ginza District, Apple Shop

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Tokyo, Ginza District, Apple Shop

Taking advantage of Apple`s free internet in their amazing store in Tokyo.

Madness! we managed to hitch from Toyama to Tokyo yesterday after finally disembarking from the MV Rus chock full of Russian Car buyers. Unfortuntely we ended up in Tokyo way too late (1am), and even the parks were closed - so no where to pitch a tent! So we kipped in someones front garden in the Shibuya district. Didnt pitch the tent though - it was roasting.
We also had ship lag, as Japan is two hours behind Vladivostok, somehow, despite being further east....

I suppose it is a bit like kipping overnight in the front garden of a house in Aylesbury Road, except much safer!

Anyway we have accomodation now....

Certainly most things bar the train is on a par price wise with the UK and Ireland. We are seeing if we can swing a 43 euro a day budget between us. We managed ok until now except in Greece and Italy - it is going to be a challenge now though!

Hitching was brilliant. It took an age to actually get onto the main Highways but after that two lifts saw us the 450 km to Tokyo - the last guy was actually going to Yokohama and went 100k out of his way to drop us in the centre of Tokyo. Unbelievable.

We met up with Solene`s sister Perrine today and had a really relaxed time just looking around. Tokyo is an amazing place, especiall cliched as it is, for us architects. Everything we have seen is brilliantly designed, brilliantly detailed and brilliantly built.

Perhaps it was just to long in the Taiga and Permafrost fo Siberia, but I dont think so.

It is forecast to rain for the next two days or so we are hopeful to post a few more em..posts... about Russia et al.

Oh, and the continuing mystery of the spread of Dunnes Stores shopping bags....

// posted by Dub @ Thursday, September 01, 2005

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fragrant vagrants

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Tokyo, Ginza District, Apple Shop

Contributors

where we've been - ou nous sommes alles:

France (Paris, Strasbourg, Marseille, Corse)

Italia (Rome, Napoli, Salerno, Siracusa, Palermo, Aeolian Islands, Taormina, Bari)

Malta (Valetta, Zebbug, Gozo)

Greece (Ioannina, Metsovo, Meteora/Kalambaka, Volos, Delphi, Athens, Syros, Naxos, Amorgos, Rodos)

Turkey (Marmaris, Silifke, Taşuçu, Göreme, Ihlara, Güzelyurt, Şanliurfa, Mardin, Hasankeyf, Tatvan, Van, Doğubayazıt, Kars)

Cyprus (North and South)

Armenia (Yerevan, Sisian, Tatev, Sevan, Dilijian, Vanadzor, Alaverdi)

Georgia (Tbilisi, Davit Gareji, Kasbegi, Gori, Batumi)

Russia (Sochi, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Irkutsk, Khuzhir, Ulan Ude, Vladivostok)

South Korea (Busan, Gwangju, Gyeongju, Seoul)

China (Beijing, Xian, Chongqin, Wuhan, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Shenzhen, Yangshuo, Nanning)

Hong Kong

Macau

Vietnam (Hanoi, Bac Ha, Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Saigon, Ben Tre)

Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kratie)

Laos (Don Dhet, Tad Lo, Thakhek, Vientiane, Luang prabang, Luang Namtha)

Thailand (Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Lo Lipe)

Malaisia (Penang, Kuala Lumpur)

Singapour

links - liens

vignettes:

hospitality networks - reseaux d'hebergement:

you can host fellow travellers? you might find a couch to sleep on in China - vous pouvez heberger des voyageurs? vous trouverez peut etre un sofa sur lequel dormir en Chine

maps... so that we know where we are - cartes... pour savoir ou nous sommes:

artists friends - amis artistes:

fellow travellers - voyageurs:

plus

food highlights - delices culinaires:

Gianluca's pike cooked with garlic and porcini mushrooms in Vietri - le brochet aux champignons porcini de Gianluca a Vietri

Greek, Armenian, Georgian and Turkish coffee - cafe grec, armenien, ge n et turc

Turkish mantı: small fresh meat and herbs raviolis served in a yoghurt sauce - manti turc: pe raviolis frais a la viande et aux herbes servis dans une sauce au yaourt

an Armenian salad: sliced mushrooms, onions and gerkins with a lot of dill: amazingly fresh and light - une salade armenienne: champignons de Paris, oignons et cor eminces avec plein d'aneth: fraiche et legere

Armenian sour cream, as simple as that - creme fraiche armenienne, tout simplement: veloutee et epaisse comme les meilleurs fromages blancs

Georgian khinkali: big spicy meat dumplings - khinkali ge ns: gros raviolis de viande epicee

Georgian badridzhani: aubergines slices and fried with a nut and garlic spread - badridzhani ge ns: aubergines coupees en longues tranches et frites, couvertes d'une pate aux noix et a l'ail

Russian porridge, they really know how to make it - porridge russe, cremeux, doux, parfait

a Russian cold soup: kvas (drink made of fermented bread and water), stock, cream, cubes of ham, cucumber, potatoes, spring onion and dill - une soupe froide russe: kvas (boisson a base de pain et d'eau fermentes), bouillon, creme, jambon, concombre et pommes de terre en cube, ciboulette, aneth

sushi, sashimi etc

okonomiyaki

Korean food generally, the diversity is just amazing , from spicy to mild, plain, complex and so on - cuisine coreenne, toute entiere; sa diversite est incroyable

a Korean tea: basically marmelade and boiling water - une tisane coreenne: en gros, de la marmelade dans de l'eau bouillante

Korean bibimpbap: rice topped with anything you can find, sesame oil and chili sauce; basic and great - bibimbap coreen: riz et a peu pres tout ce que vous pouvez imaginer, evec une dose d'huile de sesame et de la sauce pimentee

a soup in Macau: fish stock an soya milk with bread, white fish flesh and chives tiny burgers - soupe de Macau: bouillon de poisson, lait de soja et petits passes de mie de pain, poisson blanc et ciboulette

beer fish in Yangshuo, China: river fish cooked in beer with ginger, garlic, tomatoes, green pepers and spring onions - poisson a la biere de yangshuo: poisson de riviere cuit dans de la biere avec du gingembre, de l'ail, des tomates, des poivrons verts et des oignons nouveaux

Amok: an amazing cambodian fish coconut curry - Amok: un curry cambodgien delicieux, au poisson et a la noix de coco

lap, Lao national dish: ground white meat or fish with lime, salt, chili, spring onions and sometimes mint - lap, le plat national laotien: viande blanche ou poisson hache avec jus de lime, sel, piment, onions nouveaux et parfois menthe

books - livres:

In the empire of Genghis Khan; a journey Amongst Nomads by Stanley Stewart - travels on horseback in Mongolia. Nice, funny and inspiring

What is Orthodoxy? - bought in the Varlaam monastery; basically why the Pope will burn in hell and there is no salvation out of orthodoxy. Oh, and other stuff as well like whether Christ was divine AND human at the same time or not, and why Peter WASN'T the favorite apostle

Amongst the believers: an Islamic journey by VS Naipaul - a journey in Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia in the 80s, when islamic Iran and Pakistan were still new and to be built

Granta 84 "Over there: how America sees the world" - if you don't know Granta yet, try to get hold of one... new writing, art, photo...

Granta 64 "Russia: the Wild East"

Amongst the Russians by Colin Thubron - a journey in communist USSR in the 80's

I am a cat by Natsume Soseki

Harry Potter 1, 2 , 3...

A widow for a year by John Irving

Le portail de Francois Bizot - le Cambodge avant les Khmers Rouges, Duch, la prise de Phnom Penh... un recit autobiographique fascinant et terrifiant

The sorrow of war by Bao Ninh - Vietnam war from the Vietanmese side, what war does to a country and its youth

wildlife - nature:

legless lizard in Greece - lezard sans pattes en Grece

vultures in Paros - vautours a Paros

turtles, snakes, fruit bats in Cyprus - tortues marines, serpents et chauve-souris a Chypre

eagles and storkes in Turkey - aigles et cigognes en Turquie

camels, reindeer, eagles and monkeys in Russia; well, not quite wild... - chameaux, reines, aigles et singes en Russie; bon, pas vraiment sauvages...

cranes, kites, insects, jumping fish, salmon, dears, bears, tanuki(dog racoons) in Japan - grues, milans, insectes, poissons sauteurs, saumons, daims, ours, tanuki au Japon

thousands of geese in the Korean DMZ - milliers d'oies sauvages dans la zone demilitarisee coreenne

monkeys in the Three Gorges in China - singes dans les Tois Gorges du Yangzi en CHine

gekkos in Vietnam and Cambodia, clinging to any vertical surface - gekkos au Vietnam et au Cambodge

monkeys near Angkor

dolphins in Cambodia, in the Mekong - dauphins au Cambodge dans le Mekong

tamed elephants in Cambodia and Laos - elephants apprivoises au Cambodge et au Laos

fish and sea eagles in Thailand

monkeys in Kuala Lumpur

most useful - plus utile:

a compass for when we are really lost and have no clue which way the map is meant to be - une boussole pour quand nous sommes completement perdus et n'avons aucune idee de l'orientation de notre plan