In March I want to travel from my hideout here on Lake Atitlan, all the way back to Japan for Runaway Japan 2016. At first glance, inserting Guatemala City to Tokyo Narita on Kayak, Google Flights and Skyscanner offers dismal prospects; 18 to 40 hour flights that are all over 1000 USD. For my budget […]
The Cost Of Traveling Japan
Japan is the only country in Asia that political scientists actually label as a western. In other words, it’s as expensive as they come. So when a few of my new friends on the Runaway Thailand tour asked me to lead an impromptu tour through Japan, I was pretty hesitant. Heck yea I wanted to return to the mother land and […]
Kamakura Chaos With My New Friend D
It was overcast, I hadn’t heard back from my friend and I didn’t know where I was going to stay. I was starting to lose morale and beginning to regret coming to Kamakura when all of a sudden I bumped into a old friend for the first time. D aka De-hi was his name. He […]
How To Teach English Abroad
You’re stuck, in need of change, and looking for any way out. You don’t want to go back to school or put in another monotonous year at work. You want to travel and experience life in a new land. But rent and living has left you so broke you can’t even splurge on a can […]
Ultimate Guide To Studying Abroad In Japan
The princess is ready to depart, the country peasants are buzzing with excitement, and I am all too conscious of the sweat streaming down my face. But it just can’t be helped (shikata ga nai ne!). All the responsibilities that come with my new appointment as one of the Damiyo’s trusted samurai plague my consciousness. […]
Premier Performance of Japanese Enka in the Sudan
Every few weeks, something peculiar happens to me ><. One of the tell tale signs is when I start to use this emoticon, ><, a lot. This is usually followed by imaginary smells of miso and soy sauce in the air. Then, small black hairs begin to grow on my forearm. What’s happening is this: The 25% of […]
Runaway Backpacker Jobs
Most people believe that in order to work abroad, one must first obtain an expensive work visa. While this is true for most types of professional employment abroad, rarely is it necessary for backpacker jobs. Backpacker jobs are off the record cash in hand jobs, and can be found just about everywhere. While some backpacker […]
Never Throw The First Punch In Japan
If I had only been familiar with Japanese law and understood the risk of deportation, I would have never challenged that drunken Samurai to a fight. Here’s how it all went down. Four Japanese friends and I had just departed from an awesome soccer match between Japan and Scotland. As we cruised the city […]
Kinky Japan
Though you wouldn’t think it, Japan has one of the most innovative and exceptionally kinky sex cultures. From pornographic cartoons and comics, to a variety of fantasy love motels, host clubs, bondage venues, sex doll rentals, and S&M, Japan caters to almost every sex fetish. So, whether you want to get in on the action, […]
Escape From Japan: In A Hurry Or On A Budget
I woke up early on the morning I was to leave Tokyo. The sun was out but there was a strong wind and it appeared to be coming from the north. With radiation fears at the top of my mind, I put myself into survival mode. I swiftly packed my bag, and by 9am I was […]
The Radiation Sensation
“Powerfull explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor” “Bans On Japanese Imports Amidst Radiation Fears” “Radiation Could Damage Health” were just a few of myriad headlines which dominated the news in the days following the largest quake in Japans recorded history. While foreign media portrayed the crisis as comparable to Chernobyl, the Japanese media and officials […]
An Earthquake State Of Mind
Over the course of my travels I have been witness to some pretty intense events, both natural and manmade. I have been held captive by furious forest fires in the city of Santa Barbara, California. My body and senses have been overcome by fear in the midst of a terrorist attack on the Taba Hilton […]
