I'm headed to Brazil for a month Sept 30, and then heading to Korea immediately after. I've been bored in Michigan, and now it's time to go on a living-spree.

It's been far too long since December, the last time I was in Japan and I'm more than ready to head out again. I have an interview tomorrow, the latest of several interviews, for a job in Hong Kong. The goal is of course to move there so that I can more easily circumnavigate the other half of the...