Kawaiipunk's Travel Blog

Continuing my wild eyed tourist cosplay invoked by Swiss mountains, I decided to take a scenic train. Switzerland has many of them and they seem to mostly be free with the Interrail pass as of time of writing. If you are doing a similar trip, I really recommend looking at the pass benefits and discounts…

Something happened when I got to Basel. This journey was not meant to be a sightseeing tour but something about Switzerland got me. It turned me into a wide eyed tourist. I think it is that the different regions are a weird David Lynch of their culturally aligned countries. Basel was like a quaint city…

We finally worked out why Dutch bikes do the backwards pedalling brake thing! My theory is it’s so that you can smoke a spliff in one hand and drink a beer in the other whilst cycling and still maintain full braking abilities. Really smart once you think about it. Risk management. Hacking the planet continues,…

We made it! Well barely. There’s something about a Megabus. My 30th party was a success. It was about 30 degrees inside Artefact, the worker co-op arts-space where I put on my party. This meant that people could only dance for 10-15 minutes before overheating and having to head out to the garden area. I…

Thanks to my friend, I found out about the world of conscious one bag travelling. There is a subReddit called r/onebag that was quite influential. I am attempting to follow this philosophy for my trip. I’ll update this list and I continue to pack and then try and take some photos so check back from…

It was confirmed in a post by National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) that there are national rail workers strikes on the 21st, 23rd and 25th June 2022. Network Rail plans to cut 2,500 maintenance jobs, the union says, as it tries to make £2bn of savings over the next two years.”…