Hiroshima was never supposed to become a favourite. I arrived braced for a single, heavy experience and a convenient base […]
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Every place I’ve written about on this site has settled into a clear identity by the time I finished with
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Eleven nights in Seoul, and I would not go back. Not for the shopping. Not for the history. Not even
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Most people planning a Thailand trip start with the wrong question. They ask where to go. The real question is
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I’m Malaysian-Australian, and when I picked Vietnam as the first country of my long-term solo travel life, I assumed the
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I paid AUD 890 for a twenty-one day JR Pass. The legs I actually rode, priced individually with a reserved
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I stood on a Nagoya platform with fifteen minutes to find my connecting train, no one beside me to ask,
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The System I Carry Into Every Country I have been travelling full-time across Asia for two years now, with no
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I landed at Haneda, took a taxi from the rank straight to the Mercure Haneda Tokyo Airport, and paid with
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