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INDIA | Wednesday, 1 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
Golden Temple, and my introduction to India
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JAPAN | Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [71]
WE HAD ALREADY SEEN THE “BESTEST.” Now we’ve seen the “mostest.” Torii , that is—those bright red gates that mark the gateway between the human and sacred worlds in the Shinto religion.
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JAPAN | Tuesday, 23 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [90]
DECIDING TO RE-VISIT KYOTO WAS A NO-BRAINER. We have a few days to kill before we sail from Yokohama, Japan is one of our favorite countries and there are a few things we missed in Kyoto in 2014. KABIN Taka isn’t as convenient to public transportation ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 22 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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SOUTH KOREA | Saturday, 20 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [75]
A RAINY SATURDAY SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT time to visit an art museum and the Leeum Samsung seemed like the perfect museum. Finding it required some new metro navigation and a bit of luck at the end of the line but everything worked out fine. The museum ... Read more >
SOUTH KOREA | Thursday, 18 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [83]
SINCE A VISA FOR NORTH KOREA IS OUT of the question, I would have to settle for a peek into North Korea across the the D e m ilitarized Z one. Connie, who had already visited to the DMZ as part of a 1998 official military mission, came along for the ... Read more >
SOUTH KOREA | Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [100]
IT WAS RAINING MONDAY WHEN WE LEFT DAEGU. Through the rain-streaked windows of our “bullet” train forested hillsides alternated with towering apartment blocks as we chugged through unknown cities on our way to Seoul. It was still raining ... Read more >
SOUTH KOREA | Saturday, 13 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [147]
SELECTING A HOTEL IN A FOREIGN CITY, especially an Asian city, is a crap-shoot—even with Booking.com. We were lucky with Hotel Palace in Gyeongju and we really hit the Jackpot here in Daegu. Not only did we get a great rate, Rivertain Hotel comes ... Read more >
SOUTH KOREA | Thursday, 11 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [126]
FOREWARNED ABOUT THE “IFFY” BUS SCHEDULE, we opted for a taxi for Bulguksa Temple Complex. It’s only about 20 kilometers from our hotel but I refilled my billfold with won anyway. I can’t speak for Buddha but Confucius say “... Read more >