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The Ultimate Guide to Traveling Japan (for Beginners)
Whether you’re an avid manga reader, or lover of Japanese culture, or just fascinated about Japanese technology, there is always something mystifying and beautiful about Japan that draws millions of tourists in the past decade. Today, I’m thrilled to share one of my three favorite cultures encountered while traveling: Japan. This is a three part series response to the 21 Weeks of Travel Blogging Challenge, so please check out the rest of my responses! The Ultimate Guide to Traveling Japan for Beginners Who is this Guide For? This guide is for anyone and everyone to peruse. Though, I am writing it specifically for: People who have general knowledge of Japan…
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Gross/Disgusting Travel Stories
Welcome back, my fellow travel enthusiasts! This week, I’d like to share some of the grossest and most disgusting things that has happened to me while traveling. (I apologize in advance if I grossed you out with this post) This one’s a difficult one to write, because it takes a lot to gross me out. I’m a very laid-back traveler, could eat from a (clean) floor and sleep in a hole if I needed to. So what in my travels has given me the irks? My first thoughts came back to the time I had almost died on my motorbike. I thought of the image of how my wounds had infected,…
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Travel Blogging Challenge – Week 5 (Top Three Cultural Foods) The Time I Ate Too Much
Food, food, food, food, food! Is what most people hear when they travel with me. In all of my travels, food plays a crucial role to my enjoyment. As a vegetarian since birth, I’m always wary of eating out at restaurants. Luckily, I am blessed with a wonderful mother, who is the best chef in the world. However, when I hit the road, I am always excited to try other cultural foods! As you can imagine, being a vegetarian abroad can be quite complicated. Some countries think fish and chicken are not meat, therefore, it is okay for it to be in a vegetarian meal. I have to learn some…
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Travel Blogging Challenge – Week 2 (Little Known Travel Tips)
Over the years, I’ve learned so many things from trial and error. I’ve slept on the border, I’ve fallen from a motorbike, I’ve almost drowned while scuba diving, I’ve lost some of my most prized possessions, I’ve almost fallen from a coconut tree, and many more which I can tell you about in Travel Challenge Week 4 (Misadventures). This week, I want to tell you what mistakes I’ve seen people make (including myself). Little Known Travel Tips, by order of importance For an authentic experience, skip the tourist destinations, do what the locals do. … I know right? Easier said than done. But from my experience, touristy landmarks are always crowded,…