The station was littered with bodies, curled up on bags or eating vegetables and rice out of polystyrene lunch-boxes. http://t.co/fsslilcxJz

— Michel Travel Notes� (@TravelTweet) October 8, 2013

Food and drink piled high for two-day rail journey, while kitchen staff sweat and chop vegetables in restaurant-car. tnot.es/Ch5

— Michel Travel Notes� (@TravelTweet) February 28, 2013

South China Sea, Fragrant Harbour; trade-winds and pirates. Romantising Hong Kong since boyhood - Gateway to China. tnot.es/Ch4

— Michel Travel Notes� (@TravelTweet) February 27, 2013

Taiwan was a brief stop en-route from Seoul to Hong Kong. They found it amusing that I was heading for China. tnot.es/Ch3

— Michel Travel Notes� (@TravelTweet) February 27, 2013

"You going to South Korea?" the American shouted across the platform at Shimonoseki. No-one else spoke English. tnot.es/Ch2

— Michel Travel Notes� (@TravelTweet) February 26, 2013

Japanese life seems uniformed with rules, rituals, and ceremony; keeping grace and saving face. I bow; they giggle. tnot.es/Ch1

— Michel Travel Notes� (@TravelTweet) February 26, 2013