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A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

Australia 2007 Pt III – Tasmania, Launceston

Posted on August 24, 2007 by tokyofox

I got a good soaking at 5am on Sunday 12th August as I walked to the pick up point for my Airport bus. Typically, it stopped as soon as I got there! I checked into Launceston City Backpackers on arrival in Tasmania and … Continue reading →

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Australia 2007 Pt II – Melbourne

Posted on August 21, 2007 by tokyofox

During my working holiday year in Australia in 2001 I spent about a third of that time in Melbourne living in St Kilda so I was looking forward to taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Before that though I went … Continue reading →

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Australia 2007 Pt I – Baby Eifion

Posted on August 20, 2007 by tokyofox

I just returned from a short holiday to Oz to visit my sister Ruth and her recently born first child. After an hours delay I finally arrived in Melbourne via Sydney and its fair to say that I did suffer a bit … Continue reading →

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Climbing Mount Fuji

Posted on August 6, 2007 by tokyofox

After a hard days graft on Saturday 28th July most workers would maybe wind down for a couple of hours before painting the town red. Not for myself, school manager Shinobu, colleague Mark and his friend Joey who decided to ignore every … Continue reading →

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A New Addition To The Family #1 – Eifion

Posted on July 31, 2007 by tokyofox

I am now an Uncle as my eldest sister Ruth gave birth at 9.36pm (Australian time) on Monday the 30th of July 2007. Eifion John Evans is her and her husband Carl’s first child weighing in at a whopping 9lb 2oz (don’t … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Sea Life Park – Fish Pun Special!

Posted on July 24, 2007 by tokyofox

You can’t kipper good company down so in return for working the national holiday last Monday we cod have the following day off so I went to Tokyo Sea Life Park in Kasai Rinkaikoen which is a cheap plaice at only 700 … Continue reading →

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The New Face Of English Learning In Japan??!! (Part III)

Posted on July 22, 2007 by tokyofox

Following hot on the heels of my appearances on Keikotomanabu.net, my company website and a fair few posters my image has again surfaced albeit only the back of my head! At the start of May ‘The Globe’ (the company’s own quarterly … Continue reading →

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India 2007: The Delhi Belly Tour Pt V – Delhi Again!

Posted on July 13, 2007 by tokyofox

Rather than pay the RP535 for an air-con seat offered by the station ticket seller I opted instead for a RP104 (about £1.30!) non-aircon sleeper carriage which I was apprehensive about as I thought it could be an overcrowded sweatbox for the 5.5 hour … Continue reading →

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India 2007: The Delhi Belly Tour Pt IV – Jaipur

Posted on July 10, 2007 by tokyofox

Took an early morning rickshaw just 11km out of Jaipur to see Amber Fort which looked quite impressive perched on top of a rocky hill but it did feel like walking around a building site at times. I resisted the … Continue reading →

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India 2007: The Delhi Belly Tour Pt III – Fatephur Sikri

Posted on July 8, 2007 by tokyofox

It was p*ssing it down all the way from Agra to Fatephur Sikri on my 7am bus ride. 80 minutes for RP22 (about 27 pence) on a rickety old bus with open windows and a leaking roof resulted in my … Continue reading →

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