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This story started in late March or early April.  I don't remember how it started but I asked him to come to Japan as I always say to other TBs. Half joking, half serious because I know many people are not really take it seriously so I just say everyone to come to Japan when they say they want to come.  So I said the same thing to JC because he wasn't sure where he wanted to go. He didn't say he WANTS to come that time lol!!He told me he might come to japan a several weeks later. I ...

My friend is moving to Canada for a year so I decided to have fun with her. We went to Higashiyama Zoo. I haven't gone there for over 15 years. I actually don't remember when I went there the last time lolWe both had 'donichi eco kippu' (see my tips to nagoya review) so we had 100yen off to enter the zoo. Ok,, it costs only 500yen. It's so cheap but we had discount so it was 400yen. haha! I knew they have sakura so I wanted to have fun both zoo and seeing sakuras. Animals were so cute but SO ...

I had a pretty rough night, I apparently have a bad cavity and it's acting up. I can't sleep, it's horrible. Anywho, didn't get much sleep but I had to get up so we could head to the Sanage Hot Springs. Satomi, Jun, Harunu and I drove about 30 minutes to these great springs. The drive was so beautiful, very lush green forest with bamboo and trees on both sides of this small winding rode up into the mountains. It wasn't a very hot day today, for once, but it was still very humid. The whole Ho...

NICE BEGINING Wake up at 6.15 or something like this, prepare stuff, and leave to the station.. my train leaves at 7.09AM, the breakfast I buyed yesterday was ok yuhuu but... HOUSTON I HAVE A PROBLEM Tiket ok, I'm at the aisle ready to climb to the train, my wagon is located (Nr. 3). The train enters, stotps and open the doors OF THE OTHER AISLE SIDE! OMFG what can I say? this train only stops for a few seconds, the next one will arrive to the airport too late!!! After 2 seconds of imagine...

I haven't gone to Canada and US for 2,3 years. For some reason, I was nervous to go there this time. Day 1 - rain (Nagoya)I got up around 9:30am on the 18th of April. I packed most of my stuff last night and pretty much ready to go.  I checked some emails, messages from TBs, etc before I leave.My flight was 4pm so I had to be there 2 hours before. I asked my dad to drop me off at the bus station near my house a few nights before. He had to go somewhere around 2pm so I decided to take a b...

We went to see Peonies at Tokugawaen, a Japanese garden in the center of Nagoya. Tokugawaen means Tokugawa family's garden. The Tokugawa family of Owari had ruled this area for over 250 years using Nagoya Castle as its main base. Tokugawa Yoshichika, who was the 19th load of Owari Province (now Aichi prefecture) donated this garden to Nagoya city in 1931. He was the descendant of the first load of Owari, Tokugawa Yoshinao, the 9th son of the first Tokugawa shougun, Tokugawa Ieyasu.&...

After eleven hours and twenty Sudoku puzzles later, we finally landed at Nagoya's Chubu International Airport. This airport was newly built when Nagoya hosted the World Expo in '05. Walking out of the airplane, I immediately noticed the humidity in the air. Here we are...! We were going to take a train into Downtown Nagoya. Outside of baggage claim, there are a number of airport volunteers (looked like local ladies) waiting around, and they would answer questions and direct travelers ...

I planned to go to Seoul a few months before but I wasn't sure about it.  A month before we left to Seoul, I asked my sister if she wants to come with me. She has been there once but she was with Korean friend and didn't remember where she went and wanted to visit again. So of course she said 'yes'. Now, we need to find everything. I was checking plane fare before so I knew how much would it be but when we actually booked a flight, it was already full and the price went up! I thin...

These are just some of my favorite photos from the first leg of my world tour. Starting off with Japan, then Taiwan, Korea & China. This blog chronicles my travels over the first part of my adventure. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do. :D

We transfered in Nagoya onto the fastest version of the bullet trains - the Nozomi. We had only about 15 minutes between trains, but the Shinkansen (bullet train) lines were well marked. The Nozomi was fast! but once sitting on the train, you don't really feel it.

This weekend India and I decided to go for a bicycle ride. Aka the drunken tour de Japan. We ended up at a pachinko parlor with a good buzz. I quickly lost five dollars, as per usual, and we left. After pachinko we went across the street to one of India’s favorite restaurants. We had some more to drink and some really good food. We also had an in-depth political debate. That kind of thing never seemed like fun before but I must admit I did enjoy it. Probably because I won, that is un...

January 19 brought to the end my brief stay in Nagoya working at Nagoya University in Professor Kawase's group.  My complete lack of knowledge of the Japanese language had worried me greatly before arriving in the country but my hosts were incredibly kind in trying really hard to speak English and make me feel welcome.  This is a trait found all over Japan it seems - the people are generally so helpful to gaijin (foreigners). Nagoya is a fairly standard city in many ways and probab...

The dates are a little off because of the time change, but we were only at the airport for a few hours. I guess I'll go by the dates from the pictures.

Paris -> New York -> Paris -> Venice -> Rijeka -> Dubrovnik -> Kotor -> Podgorica -> Belgrad -> Sofia -> Paris -> Tokyo -> Yokohama -> Kamakura -> Takayama -> Osaka -> Nara -> Kyoto -> Miyajima -> Tokyo -> Paris

this's the first time i went travel with my brother--KaiKai. after this trip,i felt ..wow..my brother really grow up...he is not a little boy anymore. :) i guided him that how to make a travel plain form beginning and offered him everything he need step by step. finally, we bought a rack...cause my lovely brother he want to take 6 bottle of local milk tea back to Taiwna. hahaah...KAIKAI..see, you still can have a great trip without speaking local language .