Lingo in Transit
Travel, Languages and Life
Tag: travel blog
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Hiroshima is about a 2 hour shinkansen bullet train ride away from Osaka. When I was planning my trip, I thought that I should go to Hiroshima so allocated more days in Osaka. I’m glad I just did a day trip from Osaka. Hiroshima is home now to about 2 million people which is a…
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The final town on my current Japan trip was Osaka which I had planned to stay for 5 full days. I had 2 days trips planned (separate posts) so the rest of the time was for Osaka which I have lumped together into this post (and relaxing because my legs were about to fall off…
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After my extreme sight seeing and walking day on Day 1, Day 2 called for a more serene day. Starting off by doing the washing in the morning. During the washing cycle, I went to a nearby temple, Higashi Hongan-ji, that I had walked past on my previous trip to Kyoto. Higashi Hongan-ji is unexpected…
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This past weekend, Amanda from Something To Ponder About and I decided to go without the internet for 48 hours. Amanda has already posted her experience so it would be interesting to also read her thoughts on our offline weekend as well. With the internet so engrained in our daily lives, would we find this…
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I arrived in Kyoto from Tokyo after taking the shinkansen. It was my first time on the bullet train and I first couldn’t believe how incredibly quiet it was when it pulled into the station?! That’s something that I’ve noticed here, how quiet transport is. Even the cars and buses are quiet. The metro is…
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I have to apologise that in this post, there were very few pictures captured for a few reasons: 1) I didn’t think there was anything particularly worth taking pictures of, 2) I was so engrossed that I forgot to take pictures, 3) I was so hungry that I forgot to take pictures of any food…
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After leaving South Korea, I went to Japan! I couldn’t resist with Japan being so close and this time, I would get to visit places other than Kyoto. First stop, the big city of Tokyo. Day 1 On my first full day, I started off with a walking tour in Shibuya to get my bearings.…
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There is a huge coffee culture in South Korea and a huge cafe culture. Minimalist, maximalist, themed and instagrammable cafe’s fill the entire country. It’s something that I actually miss already, the care taken into the aesthetics of the interiors. Here, I have collated some of the pictures that I have taken from various cafe’s.
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I had this post sitting in my drafts for so long so I decided I should just write it up and finish it. Hiking is a favourite activity in South Korea and especially amongst the oldies. In Korean, they have the word ‘Ajumma’ and ‘Ajusshi’ for middle aged woman and man respectively, which to me,…
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Upon finishing my contract, I had to be out of the country within a week or so so I took a few days to chill out in Seoul. The lead up to my last day involved trying to sell or give away household items and packing my life into a large suitcase. It was chaotic…
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