Contrary to when we stepped into a winding down scene in Apia Fish Market, Savai’i Fish Market was fully buzzing when we made our way there around 10 AM the local time. We travelled to Savai’i, the largest island in Samoa, by ferry from Apia the same morning. The first stop was Savai’i local…
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Visiting Apia Fish Market was high on my Samoa to-do list because, well, it’s a fish market that I am semi-obsessed with. Fortunately, it is conveniently located within minutes’ walking distance from our hotel, and on our last day in Samoa, we made our way there. Apia Fish Market is an open-air market in…
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I would get to tick off from my ultimate Japan trip list or add more to it. But I would be okay either way because I will always miss Japan.…
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Inside one of the market wings in the Toyosu Fish Market, I was. Trying to imagine how it would feel to witness the auction from above. Separated by a glass window and height — easily a few meters away. Not sure how I would hear the auctioneers yelling – if at all. Definitely wouldn’t…
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Boozed up by the sake I started observing the beer lady, who I assumed is the owner of the Izakaya. She might be the jolliest Japanese I have ever met.…
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“It feels like coming home“, Fafa told me while dragging our luggage out of the Oshiage train station. I smiled and nodded. I thought of the same thing when I sat on the toilet at Haneda airport. Both I and my ass felt the heated welcome. Japan Trip On Repeat On the first day,…
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Happy New Year from Japan. I woke up at 4.30 AM and started replying to all the new year wishes until I fell asleep again.…
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Today has been such a great day in Tokyo. We dropped my film camera rolls to be developed at BIC and returned to the hotel for some R&R.…
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“I want to go to the Kerala fish market“, I told Fafa. That, of course, didn’t come as a surprise to him. We have been together for nearly a decade now. It was enough time to educate him about my obsession with fish markets. “You have to ask my dad, then“, he replied. “Maybe…
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I have always wanted to visit the Sydney Fish Market ever since I visited Australia for the first time years ago, but it was vetoed by my cousins. Because, as they said, who would fly across the continent to visit a fish market? The thing is a market, especially the fish market has always…
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