Off-the-Beaten-Path Travel Stories

All Aboard the Little TGV, Akihabara’s Train-themed Izakaya

A haven for railway enthusiasts, the Little TGV is a train-themed izakaya in Akihabara that also feels somewhat like a maid cafe.

A Pronto branch in Shibuya has been temporarily transformed into a Stranger Things pop-up cafe, and it does not disappoint.

While I only spent two days in Da Nang, I managed to cover all the things I wanted to do, including the famous Golden Bridge at Ba Na Hills.

While travelling from Dong Hoi to Hue, I explored the Vinh Moc Tunnels and Hien Luong Bridge, two symbolic relics of Vietnam’s former DMZ.

I took the Reunification Express as a sleeper train from Hanoi to Dong Hoi, and again as a normal train from Hue to Da Nang two days later.

MD-82 Cafe, an cool airplane-themed cafe in Bangkok, is one of the few places in the world you can legally enjoy a 420 drink.

I was eager to try cannabis without having the need to smoke or vape, so the range of edibles in Thailand presented the perfect opportunity.

I’m no foodie, but I made sure to try a range of authentic eats during my recent trip to Vietnam. Here’s my personal rating for 10 of them.

Mipig Cafe, a micro pig house with branches around Tokyo, has some of the cutest, friendliest pigs in town. Here’s what to expect.

Continuing the Tokyo haikyo series, it seems that there is no shortage of abandoned drugstores even in Japan’s metropolis.