Monthly Archives: September 2014
A DATE WITH SKYWHALE
by joostay
BBW WLTM BF for fun times I was lucky enough to spend the morning with a very special girl last weekend. Standing 23-metres high and weighing in at half a tonne, she dominated me – and the skyline. If you`d like to have a date with SKYWHALE yourself, head on over to Kanda this weekend where she will be flying high as part of TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2014. To find out more about her, check out my full review for Tokyo Art Beat here.
Categories: Art, Music & Culture, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: art, blog, canberra, contemporary, culture, installation, japan, japanese, kanda, modern art, Patricia Piccinini, skywhale, tokyo, trans arts tokyo 2014
DIY: Travelling from Yogyakarta to Mount Bromo Independently
by joostay
How to get to Mount Bromo from Yogyakarta without joining a tour. Java, Indonesia. In my late teens I toured a lot in a punk band, doing gigs all over Ireland and the UK. It was very much a DIY ethos with Griswold, our drummer, booking any shows he could get his grubby little mits on – no matter how far the distance or how long we’d have to drive to get there. These wretched all-night jaunts soon became known as ‘Hellrides’, with […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: blog, Bromo, cemoro lawang, DIY, ikimasho, indonesia, japan, japanese, java, justin egli, Mount Bromo, tokyo, train travel in indonesia, travel, yogyakarta, yogyakarta to bromo
The Man from Del Monte
by joostay
“Where are you going? Stay with us and look at this fruit!” About two years ago while flying from Yangon to Bagan in Myanmar, I struck up a conversation with the guy sitting beside me during the flight. He had a nice shirt tucked into a pair of pressed cream chinos, looking rather like a knock-off of the Man from Del Monte. Over a lukewarm beer, he told me how a driver would be waiting for him at the other end to take him on a full guided tour […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: bagan, burma, DIY, durians, fruit, ikimasho, japan, justin egli, myanmar, nofx, screw tours, solo travel, tokyo, tours, travel, travelling independently, yangon
IKIMASHO! 