Things slightly improving in Tokyo
As more and more people seem to be fleeing to the West things appear to moving slowly back to normal in Tokyo. The stock at the local supermarkets seem to be slightly better than yesterday. In particular, fresh foods seem to be in reasonably good supply. In the late evening yesterday, though, a strong earthquake [...]
Fresh Bread
It seems weird to think of fresh bread as something special but in the bare-supermarket post-earthquake Tokyo it has become one. I am riding my bike in each day so I rolled by Andersen on the way in and they were opening late due to delayed deliveries. I did manage to go back at their [...]
Riding in after the earthquake
I decided to ride my bike into work today. As it turned out due to rolling backouts the trains would be out (but I didn’t know that and it seems incredibly stupid to me). Tohachi had some of the worst traffic that I have ever seen. It was just stopped for a good portion leading [...]
Cycling in Thailand
Got back mid last week after going to Thailand (mostly Chiang Mai). It was good trip but the cycling was less than desirable (particularly compared to Vietnam which I did 2 years ago). The main issue was that there was not a lot to see from the side of the road. Generally speaking the sides [...]
Late trains and crowdedness
Yesterday, the trains into work were over an hour late (a relative rarity here in japan). Luckily I had decided to take the local in that morning so I had a seat and a book. I didn’t really mind much. A couple times along the journey though the train on the other side of the [...]
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