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This is a journal about Phil's progress as he backpacks his way west from his beloved Japan.
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China
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Liverpool [15]
Milan [6]
Bologna [25]
Florence [23]
Rome [26]
Mumbai [12]
Goa [22]
Rajasthan [15]
Delhi, Taj Mahal [27]
Varanasi [14]
Pokhara & the Kathmandu Valley [39]
The Annapurna Circuit [48]
Kathmandu [37]
Lhasa to Nepal border [31]
Tibet [43]
Xining [14]
The Great Wall [17]
Pingyao [17]
Xi'an [20]
Iwaki [7]
Beijing [60]
Shanghai [45]
Tokyo [15]
Osaka [15]
Japan [35]
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