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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

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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India 2007: The Delhi Belly Tour Pt II – The Taj Mahal

Posted on July 5, 2007 by tokyofox

Thoughtlessly I forgot to change my alarm clock to Indian time so I was woken up at 1.30am (5am in Japan) having struggled to get to sleep before that. A few hours later I took the 6.15am Shatabdi Express to Agra (home of the … Continue reading →

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India 2007: The Delhi Belly Tour Pt I – Delhi

Posted on July 3, 2007 by tokyofox

With my 30th birthday soon approaching I fancied the challenge of India before I settle on a life holidaying in developed countries and staying in 5 star hotels and doing package tours including air-conditioned transport between the tourist traps! So many horror … Continue reading →

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Japanorama & Adam And Joe Go Tokyo

Posted on June 22, 2007 by tokyofox

Since I got my DivX player a few months back I have been going through some of my dvd downloads and I ended up watching two series’ about Japan. The first was Jonathan Ross’ Japanorama which was tucked away on the BBC3 schedule last … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: Curry On Regardless

Posted on June 15, 2007 by tokyofox

There are two weekly listings magazines for foreigners in Tokyo and they regularly review restaurants which I have always ignored. That was until last weekend when I went to an Indian cafe in Shinjuku which had been reviewed in ‘Notice … Continue reading →

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African Festa 2007

Posted on June 10, 2007 by tokyofox

It’s fair to say that I have been quite ignorant of all things African related throughout my life and my knowledge amounts to not much more than Cameroon’s exploits at Italia ’90, Live Aid and Comic Relief. That was re-addressed in some way on … Continue reading →

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I’m The Invisible Man

Posted on June 8, 2007 by tokyofox

Two examples yesterday of the frustration at times of being a foreigner in Japan. Of course there are many times when being an ‘alien’ works in my favour but its annoying when you’re trying to just go about simple things … Continue reading →

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My Trusted Old Bag Is Head-ing For The Bin

Posted on June 8, 2007 by tokyofox

For my birthday in 1992 I was given a black ‘Head’ ruck-sack by one of my sisters and almost everywhere I’ve been since then that bag has been with me. However, last months trip to the Philippines may well have been … Continue reading →

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Lessons To Be Learned

Posted on June 1, 2007 by tokyofox

Had some feedback a couple of weeks ago from my observation lesson at the start of May. This should have been the day after that but I asked for it to be postponed as I didn’t want to get up early that day … Continue reading →

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The Philippines 2007 Pt IV – Puerto Princesa

Posted on May 20, 2007 by tokyofox

Yes I know I’m stringing this Philippines stuff out and milking it for all its worth but this is the final chapter………probably! After only a few hours sleep Donald, Evelyn (aka ‘the Belgians’), Nichola and myself took an adventurous three hour jeepney … Continue reading →

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