Tag: Asia
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NIKKO – JAPAN
28/9/25 Nikko is a small city located about 90 minutes north of Tokyo by train, and is home to a number of historical sites, including the famous Toshogu Shrine, constructed by the Tokugawa Shogunate, in 1617. After hopping on an express train from Asakusa station, we found soon found ourselves at the centre of the…
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TOKYO – JAPAN
27/9/25 – 29/9/25 Japan is currently the third-most visited country for Australian tourists, with almost 1 million Aussies travelling to the ‘land of the rising sun’ in the last year – it certainly felt time to see it for myself! I flew across with Thai Airways, and despite a slight delay cutting into my already-minimal…
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AGRA – INDIA
21/3/24 After realising that the Taj Mahal shuts its doors every Friday to allow for Muslim prayers, I was left with little choice but to travel to Agra a mere 7 hours after arriving in Delhi. Departing from Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin station, the Gatimaan Express pulled away at 8:10, and arrived in Agra at 9:40…
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NEW DELHI – INDIA
20/3/24 – 24/3/24 After a very enjoyable overnight stop in KL, I was off to the airport again – this time for my flight up to New Delhi. I’d been warned beforehand about the chaos of Delhi, but even that left me unprepared as I headed out of the Arrivals hall at Indira Gandhi airport…
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SEOUL – SOUTH KOREA
15/11/23 – 17/11/23 No qualms about the AirAsia flight, everything ran smoothly, and I’d pre-ordered a nasi lemak for $7 which I thought, compared to airport pricing, was pretty good. We landed on time at klia2, which I found to be much better stocked and maintained than the main terminal at KLIA. Given I had…
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