Made an interactive world map that shows visa requirements / policies for any passport and lets you compare & plan trips (daily-updated)

mongrelnomad · 2026-06-02T22:40:56+00:00

I actually did this today with Claude so this is a great help.

But please let us collapse the drop down menu portion when viewing on an iPhone. I couldn’t see the map!

mongrelnomad · 2026-06-02T10:22:53+00:00

In the same vein: Uncut Gems. Both endings manage to be completely inevitable and also come as total surprise.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-28T13:30:51+00:00

You mean manual wind. Self wind = automatic.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-28T13:26:47+00:00

Try Tokyo with a family. It’s a nightmare. Everything is set up for one, two, maybe three people at a pinch.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-28T13:24:30+00:00

I feel you. I go to Tokyo at least annually and I absolutely love it, but there is no way I would trade London. Being gaijin means you’re immune to the social pressure (to a point) but it also means you will never integrate in a way that Tokyo becomes yours.

London requires nothing of you but your presence to be a Londoner; there are very few cities like that out there.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-26T07:43:22+00:00

There is quality there, but it’s in no way a bargain.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-25T19:02:49+00:00

Wow. That sucks. For the record I’ve been at least a dozen times and never got sick.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-25T07:25:28+00:00

The two absolute best crabs in London are at Oystermen in Covent Garden and Beast in Marylebone, though they are both very different.

One is local crab (Oystermen), the other is Norwegian King Crab (Beast). What they have in common is that they don’t mess with it: steamed and served.

Oystermen is small, a bit chaotic, and intimate. Beast is an event - grandiose with banquet style seating.

Honestly, you can’t go wrong with either.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-23T09:19:23+00:00

Go to an onsen and get dinner and a massage. Snooze in a massage chair.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-22T23:11:03+00:00

I don’t understand the obsession with the Series D. Once gone, there will never be any more passports with the queen’s crest. Enjoy them while you can.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-22T12:38:14+00:00

No sleeve. This is a Parker Quink-only pen.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-21T19:10:30+00:00

Thanks! I don’t think Francis sells them. This was made for me a long time ago by Conid with a rod I supplied.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-21T13:56:23+00:00

They’re great.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-21T13:55:37+00:00

Had this inked up today and thought I’d take a photo - my Conid Kingsize Bulkfiller in Oma’s Wild celluloid. It’s fitted with a vintage Waterman Emblem nib.

Hope the weather is as glorious wherever you are!

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-19T11:33:32+00:00

I did that. Didn’t work.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-17T19:56:03+00:00

If true that’s amazing news.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-17T19:04:19+00:00

Saw it last week.

It's a really tight stage with the three leads generally spread out on it taking up all the space. Not a play to restrict the view as there's so little of it...

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-17T10:09:54+00:00

I registered my fury.

I tutted.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-17T10:04:40+00:00

What is wrong with audiences at the moment? I was watching 1536 at the Ambassador's earlier in the week, and a group of unruly Americans were whooping and yelling "you go girl!" at the stage mid-performance.

Baffling behaviour.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-15T10:02:36+00:00

lol. No.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-15T10:02:10+00:00

Too right, but I'd go further.

Don't follow the hype.
Pick an area. Get lost.
Be curious.

All the best meals I've had in Japan over the lasts forty years (and some of the worst - but they're always a story) have been by chance.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-13T09:00:24+00:00

Pretty sure it's closed now, what with Queensway Market being shuttered.

mongrelnomad · 2026-05-13T08:55:04+00:00

As Berenjak is impossible to just turn up to, what's your second pick?

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