I wax nostalgic for taking long walks around Chinese cities, appreciating their overzealous appreciation of geodesic domes, bumper car facilities, and some of the most bizarre ideas ever constructed. Today’s specimen: the 138-meter (just under 453 feet) Guangzhou Circle (广州园大厦), located in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Completed in December 2013 by Milan, Italy-based architect Joseph di […]
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JR Tokyo Wide Pass
Are you a big fan of Tokyo, but want to get away from the unabashedly urban side of things? Then the JR Tokyo Wide Pass might have your name on it. Might.* Who Can Buy the Pass? Just like the JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido, and the JR East (Tohoku Area), rail passes, this one can only […]
Chinatown Around the World
As a child, I used to think that the Manhattan Chinatown was one of the coolest neighborhoods to wander around. Whether it was the detailed writing system, the food, or the history, I was enthralled. But how would it compare with other Chinatowns around the world? After starting to travel, I realized that New York […]
Tokyo Weekend Trips: Nagano Prefecture
In this installment of No Work All Travel, I will be introducing a Tokyo weekend trip to Nagano prefecture. More specifically, a voyage to the castle city of Matsumoto, and Daio Wasabi Farm, in Hotaka. The first recorded instance of wasabi, sushi’s hot-headed colleague, dates back to the year 981, during the Heian period of […]
Brandenburg.2: The EU Again Threatens an Entry Fee Starting in 2024
For the title of this post, I was wavering between the current one, and Brandenburg.2: Electric Boogaloo. For some background, Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) was slated to open way back in 2011, but due to a number of issues, only opened on 31 October 2020. Similarly, the European Union’s has frequently delayed its plan […]
Europe is Getting a New Overnight Train Service This Spring
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. For all of you train fans, and/or folks who don’t want to deal with airport woes, Europe is getting a pair of new overnight rail services. For […]
Photo of the Week: A Split Decision
Santa Barbara, California, the “American Riviera,” is nice little beach town a couple of hours northwest of Los Angeles. It is surrounded by some beautiful natural scenery, many homes and buildings were designed using the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style, and there isn’t much light pollution (i.e. once it’s nighttime, don’t expect to be able to […]
The Wazir Khan Mosque of Lahore (Pakistan)
There’s an amusing anecdote regarding how I learned of the Wazir Khan Mosque. I was sitting in front of the Lahore Fort, one of the primary tourist spots of Lahore, Pakistan. To my surprise, an older man came to sit next to me, trying to preach about Jesus. After telling him where I was from, […]