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Japan 2015 – Tokyo Touring

 Despite the weariness that travel creates, and having stayed up most of the night walking the streets of Shibuya, I was up bright and early and excited to make the most of the day ahead.  My mother always said that the Cromie family were fowls, not owls.  Whatever that means! I felt good.  Really good.…

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Japan 2015 – Shibuya! Boom!

 Stepping off that express train and into what is undeniably the worlds biggest city was so awe-inspiring that I literally ceased to function for a few seconds. I stood on that platform as a torrent of stimulus pounded me from every direction. I think I was also having a surreal case of de ja vu as I…

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Japan 2015 – Freedom of spirit

   My flights went as flights go.  A quick hop from Melbourne to Brisbane.  A bit of a wait before the longer leg from Brisbane to Tokyo. Whilst being limited in my overseas travel experiences I have flown around Australia a lot.  So nothing exciting to report there.  Just the usual cramped existence whilst the…

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Present Day Interjection

 I wanted to post about a present day event.  Today. Real time. Not past events and not about future hopes. This is fresh. Today I chose to launch my photography business!  I had been thinking about it for quite some time.  I did some research on how to make my photography work – work for…

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Japan 2015 – Departure and Arrival

 So the months between my spontaneous booking of my travel tickets and my actual departure in mid September, seemed to fly by.  Once booked I had put the idea of travel out of my mind.  I was not a seasoned traveller by any stretch of the imagination. So did not have that energy or excitement…

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Japan 2015 – Lifelong ambition

 For as long as I can recall, I have always had an affection for Japanese culture.  In childhood this manifested as a love of Japanese animation that had been prepared for the Western world.  Astro Boy, Robotech and of course all things Nintendo.  I know a lot of people had similar childhood experiences but for…

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