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Nikko to Nagano | Japan Travel Guide (JR pass) Zenkoji Temple, Nagano street food

December 14, 2019 by hollyGS

We woke up early to check out of our Airbnb and get on a train by 7:35am, to head to Nagano. We got the customary vending machine coffee and headed off! We took the train fro Imaichi to Utsunomiya. At Utsunomiya station we gave our JR passes to the lady at the desk, who arranged the rest of our transportation to Nagano. We then boarded a unreserved Shinkansen to Omiya. From there it was a 50 minute Shinkansen to Nagano. […]

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Nikko Japan | First Impressions and Exploring

November 30, 2019 by hollyGS

We woke up really early, around 6am and headed out to the Imaichi train station (a neighbourhood in Nikko). We got a hot coffee from the vending machine along the way (because it was -10C in late March). The train took about 2 minutes to get to Nikko station from our accommodation. There was hardly anyone in Nikko. I guess most of the tourists come from Tokyo on days trips. We stopped at a bakery and got some sweet and […]

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Arriving in Beijing| Airport to City Centre

November 27, 2019 by hollyGS

I think a huge part of why we were able to get the 24 hour transit visa was that we only had carry-on bags. Upon arrival in Beijing, we filled out our landing cards and proceeded through the disease scanners. From there we turned left at immigration for the visa on arrival desk. We waited about 30 minutes in total to get our visas. No problem. I had been to China before and had to disclose that. Just in case, […]

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The Long Journey |YYZ-YUL-PEK-HND (also our un-glowing review of Air China.)

November 23, 2019 by hollyGS

We left for the airport at 8:30am, Mom my picked us up and I drove her car to YYZ (Toronto Airport). We arrived at 9:55am. Our flight was at 1:00pm. The night before, we had trouble checking into our flight because our first of three flights was with Air Canada (even though we booked the whole ticket through Air China), whilst the second and third flights were with Air China. I had to go to the library to print our […]

Categories: Asia, Canada, China • Tags: air canada, airlines, Asia, boarding, budget, budget travel, buying tickets, Canada, cheap travel, China, china air, china visa, flying, layover, montreal, short stop over, stop over, toronto, transit visa, travel day

Conwy Wales: Self Guided Walking Tour

September 14, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is the link to the Self Guided Walking Tour Of Conwy Wales I created: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/a982bfe2-cc44-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default We loved Conwy, Wales. It’s an amazing and compact city in Northern Wales, close to the British border. You can honestly just wander the city and get lost amoung the fisherman’s cottages OR you can follow this handy self guided walking tour we’ve created. You are going to love this city!!!!!! 1- City Walls Entrance Firstly, we recommend that you start at the north/eastern […]

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Edinburgh to York| Scotland to England by TRAIN (train? bus? car?)

July 20, 2019 by hollyGS

We left Edinburgh Waverly Station at approximately 9am. The journey took a total of 1.5 hours. We booked our tickets online a few months in advanced directly through the virgin train website. The trip cost us 17 pounds each, which is a bit more expensive than the bus, but the comfort of the train was worth the extra money to us. The tickets were sent to my phone, and we asked the lady attendant which track to board at. It […]

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Dublin to Belfast: Northern Ireland

May 4, 2019 by hollyGS

We woke up super early and checked out of our hostel in order to catch our bus to Belfast. We booked our tickets with aircoach online from Canada. We boarded the bus on O’Connell Street in down town Dublin at 7:30am (the bus stopped briefly at Dublin airport) and we arrived in Belfast at 9:50 am. The trip was easy and I would recommend booking with aircoach. It cost us 11 euro for the trip! For reference the route we […]

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Kuala Lumpur to Penang

January 20, 2019 by hollyGS

Day two in Malaysia we made the journey from Kuala Lumpur to the Northern Island of Penang. You can take a bus or a train to make this journey, we opted for the train.

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