![[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6-Months-e1509616723374-1018x460.png "[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?")
![[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Taiwan_Chinese-e1490793603497-1018x460.png "[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?")
![[Spetlight] [Japan] Kitsune Dog?!](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/5110021352_3e0bd2de52_o-1018x460.jpg "[Spetlight] [Japan] Kitsune Dog?!")
![[Spetlight] [New Zealand] Ruboil](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ruboil3-640x300.jpg "[Spetlight] [New Zealand] Ruboil")
I was told Ruboil was annoying, but I laughed it off. This is the story of the little Kiwi kitty’s famous annoyingness.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Prototype for Splatoon?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/309245774_a5f8761098_o-640x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Prototype for Splatoon?")
I found this during my first trip to Japan in 2004.
![[Japan] Great Expectations Met in Tokyo Disneyland](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/399505052_c63b87ccb6_o-670x300.jpg "[Japan] Great Expectations Met in Tokyo Disneyland")
Disneyland bring children’s dreams to life. You can see it on their faces.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Shampoo Colon](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/309245585_da09da662e_o-480x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Shampoo Colon")
My one regret about this photograph from my trip to Kanazawa in 2004 is that I never bothered to find out what this manga was actually about.
![[Spetlight] [Japan] Ai-chan the Cat](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/348623102_84cf0fd5f2_o-670x300.jpg "[Spetlight] [Japan] Ai-chan the Cat")
Ai-chan was blinded from a young age and taken in from the streets of Nagoya.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Strange Eroticism](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/309148023_b279b5c13a_o-640x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Strange Eroticism")
Discovered during my first trip to Japan in Kanazawa, it seemed like people had strange ideas about how to use the word “erotic”, especially in the context of a children’s merry-go-round.
![[China] Well, That Was Awkward.](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bunny-2011-670x300.png "[China] Well, That Was Awkward.")
Sometimes acts of kindness aren’t received in the spirit they are intended.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Vatican’t](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/14225834511_3dd0de9d0e_o-670x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Vatican’t")
I saw this bizarre painting in the Vatican last year.
![[Japan] Seijin-Shiki – A Day For Self-Loathing](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Seijin-shiki-670x300.jpg "[Japan] Seijin-Shiki – A Day For Self-Loathing")
Living in Japan has given me this great idea for a comedy sketch. It’s based on a true story, by which I mean it actually, seriously happened.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Waiting for Death](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/14450238950_5c5a083c8b_o-670x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Waiting for Death")
The juxtaposition of the waiting room with the morgue in this São Paulo hospital doesn’t necessarily instil confidence…