Simple Guide to Marathon Expo – Tokyo
Spectator guide to supporting a runner friend or family member at the Marathon Expo. Required: a phone (for pictures) and remember how many major marathons they’ve run. It’s the day […]
Spectator guide to supporting a runner friend or family member at the Marathon Expo. Required: a phone (for pictures) and remember how many major marathons they’ve run. It’s the day […]
Ueno Akihabara The next morning I take the train to Taito District, get off at Ueno Station and stroll through Ueno Park towards the Tokyo National Museum. Ueno Park is […]
When Hitomi Niya‘s biggest fan asked me what I liked about Tokyo while we shuffled from the 38km marathon cheer zone to the finish chute via Tokyo Station, I could […]
Day 9 – Off Faila and Ufaon Islets, we stopped to snorkel at Petrol Point despite the dense fog and rain. Currents abound, we drifted over what was like art […]
Day 7 – We crossed choppy waters to Russell Islands. The boat swayed back and forth and rocked from side to side. It was relentless. Caught in a freak storm, […]
Day 5 – Nggatokae Island Thunderstorms from last night transformed the morning sky into a vibrant combination of blue concealed behind dramatic fluff of clouds that looked like it was […]
I wasn’t dreaming. Clear blue waters, cotton candy clouds grazing over and elegant dorsal fins gliding in and out of the calm sea frequently spruced up by a group of […]
After living through a fraction of what the French Antarctic explorers endured down south in the 18th century, I wanted to get a sense of what drove Jean Baptiste Charcot […]
Just another ordinary city post After cruising around the Arctic and laying eyes on one polar bear kilometers away from our small inflatable boat, I flew down to Copenhagen for […]
Day 11 – Gordo Banks We headed south towards Cabo San Lucas, off where the Sea of Cortez and Pacific meet. Drifting off remote beaches of San Jose de Cabo, […]