→ January 19, 2010
Since the one-child policy was introduced in 1979, kids often have a monopoly over two parents and four doting grandparents. My advice to all parents, spoiling your child might end up pretty badly. Check out the last pic in the below gallery of a not-so-little-emperor who took a turn for the worse.
→ January 17, 2010
We were so excited with the success of the Polaroid Project in Japan. We thought that it would be the trickiest country to get it done. But we were still to experience the Russian post office… Always complaining about the service or the wait at the French Poste? Well, don’t try to send a letter in Russia… Dark [...]
→ January 17, 2010
24 hour sushi restaurants, Mac Donald’s and Starbucks everywhere, gleaming Chanel and Dior boutiques, businessmen so rich they can afford to shower in champagne… Far away are the gloomy days of the Soviet Union. But lurking beneath the shiny shops windows, there are still places where you can have a taste of the old days. [...]
→ January 17, 2010
Taking the subway in Moscow is not your usual RATP, Tube or Translink experience. It is a journey back in the past. The metro stations are true artistic masterpieces: frescoed ceilings, mosaic tiles, stainless steel pillars and crystal chandeliers. Your fellow passengers will be revolutionary heroes, joyful, productive workers and of course, Peter the Great and Vladimir [...]
→ January 16, 2010
It is probably already minus 20 degrees. About 50 degrees less than our usual weather in Australia – eeek!!! – but we are well prepared for the Russian winter adventure: no furs but a handful of warm clothes and a few shots of vodka will keep us warm (ah…Russian Vodka!) We were not prepared for the [...]
→ January 14, 2010
Hello, we’re back! We arrived in Russia on the 8th of January, and eeeeek… IT’S SUPER COLD. As soon as you set a foot outside, you’re literally freezing. Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Firstly I had to get the camera ready for the temperature shock -20 degrees outside! And taking photos [...]
→ January 14, 2010
Well, just a morning actually. But a very challenging one at Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fishmarket. If it lives in the sea it’s probably for sale at Tsukiji fishmarket, the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. We got up early – at 5:00 a.m. the ’seri’ (auctions) begin, and by around 8:00 a.m. the market [...]
→ January 13, 2010
Beatles fans in Tokyo are spoiled for choice, with pubs featuring Japanese Beatles look-a-like bands playing covers all night long. We saw ‘Rough and Ready’ who are one of the regular bands at The Cavern Club in Roppongi, just five minutes walk from Roppongi Crossing. This pub is actually more a Beatles themed live house. To [...]
→ December 30, 2009
Instructions in Japanese for the local post office to explain the Polaroid Project !
