In late 2023, Lanny and I decided we should go on a vacation in 2024 since we had such a great time with Japan this year. Our destination? Southeast Asia. But the question was, where exactly? After a quick search on the internet using the keyword “where to go in SEA,” Lanny stumbled upon Taiwan […]
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Recently, I started a new job. Armed with a little extra cash in hand and a few mandatory vacation days to spare, the question was, how to make the most of this unxpected free time. Coincidentally, I made two new friends during my stay in Vietnam, who happened to live in the UK. Seemed like
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I’ve always wanted to do what every tourist dreams of doing when visiting Vietnam: traveling the country from south to north and hitting all the must-see cities along the way. This post describes my journey with Dave, a once-random stranger I met at a hostel in Ho Chi Minh City, who quickly became a close
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When I planned my trip to Yamanashi in February, I saw an opportunity to combine that with a short vacation with my friend Lanny as we always wanted to travel together and Japan is one of our top must-visit places. She was immediately excited but the timeframe did not match up with her schedule. We
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On the last day of our trip, and i have to admit, seemingly everyone was feeling the effects of the past few eventful days. Our destination was Shizuoka and we were to be picked up by a bus at our accommodation. To our surprise, our teacher was not the only one there to greet us
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As part of the program, we were of course not supposed to enjoy ourselves too much but also needed some educational output, hence today we created posters, which described what we learned and experienced with our tandem partner at Yamanakako. On our way back home, we then passed Oshina Hakkai, a touristic village between two
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The morning after Karaoke was not as exhausting as expected and the breakfast, provided some welcoming nutritions, albeit not as high in variety as you would expect it from a hotel. Our plan for the day was to visit Lake Yamanakako, located southeast of Kofu City, which would take us about an hour to reach,
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Today was a planned rest day from the Yamanashi culture exchange program. Originally, Sorn, Joram and i planned a spontaneous one day ski trip at a nearby area, however unfortunately the forecast predicted a rainy morning, which is why we chose to plan an alternative activity with the girls. Our teacher informed us, that currently
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Saturday. Officially we would have had classes, however we needed the time for organizational matters especially concerning the upcoming days to form groups, assigning local students and managing hotel room. Joram, Sorn and i formed the group Flying Fish, while the girls containing Celine, Pam, Antonia and Maria formed the group Frying Pan. After lunch
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Today classes started at 10 am again and our lectures was discussing about what our interests are and what we would do in our spare time. In the afternoon calligraphy classes were introduced to us, instead of the previously planned wagashi (candy) making. Calligraphy in general was already hard, but i felt like drawing with
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