An afternoon at Jiyucho Tokyo is one of my favourite travel memories, as I wrote a letter to my future self over hojicha tea and wax seals.…
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Keep ReadingIf you plan to buy a little souvenir from Phillip Island, I suggest the penguin soft toy, dressed in a hand-made knitted jumper.…
Keep ReadingI just woke up, and I'm still wearing this travel pillow thingy on my neck and hotel slippers on my feet, it's a freaking game-changer.…
Keep ReadingAfter Little India and Arab Street, Singapore Chinatown is my favourite place out of all the places in the Lion City.…
Keep ReadingThe Ayers Rock Resort is an all-in-all playground for tourists. I am not a fan of such thing, but I prefer it than to sleep on the ground.…
Keep Reading"Uluru! This is it! We are on a pilgrimage, the Australian way". I told Jik at the airport while waiting for our flight to Ayers Rocks.…
Keep ReadingDōtonbori might be the one neighbourhood in the entire Japan where I have eaten most, even compared to the more famous ones in Tokyo.…
Keep ReadingTakayama, with its people and blossoming Sakura, greets me Ohayōgozaimasu. It's one of my favourite cities in Japan, after Kyoto and Tokyo.…
Keep ReadingWe are inside a bullet train, called the Thunderbird, that’s taking us from Osaka to Kanazawa. And the train is spacious enough for me to write.…
Keep ReadingWell, I am writing this from our ryokan in Kyoto. It is my second time in the city that I claimed to be my favourite place in the world. And as hard as it’s for me to admit, I didn’t enjoy Kyoto as much as I had the first time around.…
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