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Giant Bronze Buddha at Fo Guang Shan Monastery Temple in Kaohsiung South Taiwan
Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: buddha's tooth, buddhist monastery, busshist relic, day trip from kaohsiung, fo guang shan monastery, fo guang shan temple, giant bronze buddha, harvard express, how to go to Fo guang shan, kaohsiung taiwan, south taiwan, taipei, Taiwan, travel day, travel vlog taiwan, vlog, Zuoying Station
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Liuhe Night Market 六合夜市 When I talk about “foodie destinations” I often hear people talk of Penang Malaysia, Singapore or Rome Italy, however, before we headed to Taiwan, I had never heard of Kaohsiung being mentioned as a top foodie location. I am here to tell you that Kaohsiung is your street food destination! There are more than 20 different night markets in this southern Taiwanese city, but in this post (and video above) we visit Liuhe Tourist Night Market […]
Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: best night markets, cheese filled sea shell, 瑞豐夜市, 蔥油餅, 高雄, food blog, food tour, food vlog, foodie destinations, fried oyster balls, kaohsiung, Kaohsiung night markets, kaohsiung nightmarkets, kaohsiung taiwan, Liuhe, liuhe night market, night life kaohsiung, night market, ruifeng night market, scallion pancake, seafood market, southern taiwan, southern taiwan food, street food, street food destination, taipei, Taiwan, taiwan food, taiwan reciepes, top night markets in kaohsiung, travel vlog, vlog, 六合夜市
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Here is the Link to the Walking Tour Map: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/57c606b4-eed4-11ea-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default All of the pavilions were free to enter, but we had definitely heard differently, so maybe it is just free in the off season. Just donations? 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 […]
Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: backpacking, Cafe 壹品咖啡店 After this pavilion we stopped at a roadside stall to have a Taiwan Beer on, ChiMing Tang Temple 啟明堂, Chingshui Temple, Confucius Temple, do it yourself, Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, Dragon boats, food, Global Mall, guide, kaohsiung, Lotus Lake, Lotus Lake Kaohsiung Taiwan, PAMMA Coffee, Park 永清塔舊址, self guided, self guided walking tour, Spring and Autumn Pavillions, taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan Beer, top 10, travel, travel asia, travel blog, travel taiwan, travel vlog, vlog, walking tour, what to do, what to see, Xuan Tian Shang Di Shex Xiang, Zuoying Station, Zuoying Yuandi Temple Complex
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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 […]
Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: Asia, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, budget travel, buying tickets, cheap travel, Chi Ming Tany Temple, Chingshui Temple, Confucius Temple, do it yourself, Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, formosa boulevard, Global Mall, Lotus Lake, martial artist, see asia, see the world, self guided, self guided walking tour, Spring and Autumn Pavilion, Taiwan Beer, Taoist Deity, Tiger Pagoda, tourism taiwan, travel blog, travel taiwan, travel vlog, vlog, what to do, what to eat, what to see, Wuli Pavillion, Xuan Tian Shang Di Shex Xiang, Xuanwu, youtube, Zuoying Station
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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 […]
Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, backpackers, backpacking, bamboo, blog, budget travel, cheap japan, cheap travel, cherry blossoms, croquette, day trip, jr train, korokke, Kyoto, osaka, sakura, see asia, self guided walking tour, street food tour, travel, travel japan, vlog, walking tour, what to do, what to eat, what to see, youtube
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We took the Osaka loop line to Osaka station, then the Kyoto JR line to Shin-Osaka (this is where the long distance trains leave from), where we got tickets on the Hikari Shinkansen to Nagoya, leaving at 12:16 and arriving at 13:25. The journey was free with out JR passes (for more information about the JR pass, I’ve written a whole post about how to get them). We then bought delicious train bentos to eat on the train. Mine had […]
Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Asia, backpackers, backpacking, budget travel, buget travel, cheap japan, cherry blossom season, cherry blossoms, free things, Harmonium Parlour, Japan, JRpass, mandarake, Nagoya, open mic, Plastic Factory Nagoya, ramen shop, retro figurines, retro games, sakura, self guided walking tour, shinkansen, street festival, street food, super famicom, super potato, tokaido, tourism japan, travel japan, travel vlog, vlog, walking tour, what to do, what to eat, what to see
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We woke up at 7:00am and headed to Osaka Castle on the Osaka loop line. (To Book Train Travel in Japan Click Here) We stopped at a bakery for breakfast once we arrived at JR Osaka Jokoen Station. There wasn’t space for the three of us to sit and eat breakfast together, but the nice ladies next to me moved so that we could sit together. People in Japan are so friendly! We then walked into the Osaka Castle Park, […]
Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: backpackers, backpacking, budget travel, cheap japan, cheap travel, cherry blossom season, cherry blossoms, couple travel, hanami, how to get to, Japan, japanese garden, jr pass, kotatsu, n64, osaka, osaka castle, party, sakura, self guided walking tour, tourism japan, travel vlog, viewing, vlog, walking tour, what to do, what to eat, what to see
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Here is a video we made about arriving in Japan and then heading to Nikko! We woke up at 4:30 am and checked out of our hotel in Beijing without any problem. The nice man at the reception desk helped us to call a cab . The ride took 3o minutes and cost 120RMB plus a 10RMB toll fee. We didn’t need to check in to this flight because we had our boarding pass already from the first leg of […]
Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: 12goasia, airport, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, Beer, booking, budget travel, cheap japan, cheap travel, ghibli, haneda, how to, Japan, JRpass, nikko, sakura season, shinkansen, tottoro, train, travel blog, travel japan, travel vlog, vlog, what to do, what to see
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Here is the link to the self guided walking tour I made. Below you will find a step by step guide and information about each stop on the tour. Stop 1: Tower of London Stop one is the Tower of London. We decided to take the metro to the Tower of London stop, and then walked to the site. The entrance price is £21.50 for an adult. We just admired the building from the outside, because I had been inside […]
Categories: england, Europe, united kingdom • Tags: backpackers, backpacking, big ben, buckingham palace, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, cheap UK, england, houses of parliament, kingsman shop, london, piccadilly circus, self guided, self guided walking tour, tower bridge, tower of london, trafalgar square, travel blog, travel vlog, uk, vlog, walking tour, westminster abbey
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