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Day Trip to Lotus Lake in Kaohsiung | Beautiful Lake Surrounded by Many Temples

August 30, 2020 by hollyGS

We woke up at 7am and decided to take a day trip to Lotus Lake to see all the pavilions surrounding it. We took the MRT from Formosa Boulevard to Zuoying Station (where we had arrived by THSR the day before)and walked about 20 minutes to the lake. I believe there is a bus as well, but we found walking to be lovely and lost of the walk was through a park (even a wedding set up). We arrived at […]

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Day trip to Arashiyama Bamboo Forest from Osaka

June 30, 2020 by hollyGS

We woke up really late for us, at 7:30am. The plan was to head to Arashiyama early, but we ended up taking the 9:30 train to Osaka station. (To Book Train Travel in Japan Click Here)From here we were supposed to take the rapid 29 minute train to Kyoto, but all the trains were running 6-10 minutes late. Finally it said that our train was next, and then it never showed up! This was really weird. Japan is certainly not […]

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Kenrokuen Garden|The Most Beautiful Garden in Japan

January 25, 2020 by hollyGS

I woke up around 6:00am and went downstairs to have a coffee. We had some complementary breakfast, before heading out on our adventures for the day, around 8am. We set out towards the famous Kenrokuen garden. It cost 310 Yen each to enter. Along the way we stopped at a beautiful temple that had been set up for a festival. The Kenrokuen garden is said to be one of the top 3 most beautiful gardens in the world, along with […]

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Nagano to Kanazawa Japan

January 18, 2020 by hollyGS

I woke up at 6am and went downstairs to have coffee. we packed up slowly and left our airbnb in Nagano around 8:45am. We then walked to Nagano Station where we found some breakfast to eat on the train ride to Kanazawa. (To Book Train Travel in Japan Click Here) Jives and Gaby got some baked goods, while I went for a delicious looking vegetarian bento box and a glass jar of sake with a sakura blossom in it. A […]

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Malaysia in Summary

April 13, 2019 by hollyGS

We may have only been in Kuala Lumpur for one week, but we loved every moment in this spectacular country. From the bustling jungle city of Kuala Lumpur to the food and street art wonderland that is Penang. We would love to go back and see a wider variety of places, all over Malaysia. What are your suggestions for places to go and things to do? A definite highlight for me was the KL Park Canopy walk in KL Central […]

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Views of the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur

March 31, 2019 by hollyGS

At the end of our trip to Malaysia, we stayed at an airbnb at the face suites that had arguably the best view of the KL city line, and the Petronas towers. The second best way to see the Petronas Towers was from KLCC Park. We actually got trapped in KLCC park during a downpour on our first day in Malaysia. I will link that video below if you would like to see it.

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Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur

March 24, 2019 by hollyGS

Getting to the Batu Caves is super easy now! From KL Sentral you can get on a direct train to the Batu caves. The cost is 2.6MYR and it takes half an hour. When we were in Kuala Lumpur however, the train service was disrupted and we have to take a bus from KL Sentral to a train that took us to the caves. Before we climbed the stairs into the caves, we stopped at the bottom and had a […]

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Penang Hill

February 5, 2019 by hollyGS

From Kek Lok Si we decided to walk to Penang Hill, another iconic spot to visit whilst on Penang Island! The walk was super hot, but only took about 30 minutes. Make sure to lather up on the sun screen and carry water! You can also take the bus from KOMTAR to reach Penang Hill (the cost is approx 3RMB).

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Arriving in Kuala Lumpur

January 1, 2019 by hollyGS

Hanging out in the Incheon Airport Asia, oh how we love Asia! Nothing compares to having a beer on a plastic stool at the roadside. NOTHING. We were so excited to head back to Malaysia in April 2018! We brought along a special guest, our sister Beth, to show her just how amazing plastic stool beer can be!! We departed Toronto Pearson Air Port at 12:40pm with a 14 hour and 7 hour flight ahead of us! For Beth, this […]

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