Tag: Travel Blog
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SINGAPORE – SINGAPORE
8/10/25 A wonderful two weeks in Japan came to an end as I boarded a flight at Haneda airport bound for Singapore. I haven’t been to Singapore in a good few years (possibly a decade!), and I was curious to see how the city had changed on – an 8 hour daytime layover provided the…
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KANAZAWA – JAPAN
5/10/25 – 7/10/25 Located on the western coast of Honshu, Kanazawa is home to a vast array Edo-era architecture and historical sites, giving it the moniker of Little Kyoto, and putting it high on my to-see list. We arrived in the afternoon, after a two-legged journey from Kyoto – the Thunderbird Express taking us to…
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KYOTO – JAPAN
3/10/25 – 5/10/25 Following our day out in Hiroshima, we took a shinkansen up towards Japan’s cultural capital, Kyoto – whipping past little towns and Japanese countryside at 300kph is a real experience! We checked into our accommodation for the night (a huge apartment!), before heading out to get our first taste of Kyoto. The…
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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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SAMARKAND – UZBEKISTAN (#2)
23/4/25 – 25/4/25 I arrived in Samarkand in the afternoon, on the Afrosiyob from Bukhara. After a long trip through Pakistan and Afghanistan (and the two nights I had spent in Uzbekistan so far having been rather busy), I was feeling a little exhausted – a comfortable bed and 2 nights relaxing in Samarkand awaited,…
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BUKHARA – UZBEKISTAN (#3)
22/4/25 – 23/4/25 Our overnight train from Termez pulled into Samarkand in the early hours of the morning, leaving me with a fair few hours to spare before my train to Bukhara (Dale was staying in Samarkand for a few days instead). There were still around 2 hours until sunrise, and so, after I dropped…
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