Author: thatcuriousone

  • 02 Oct 2019

Day 13 – Temple Education and Busy Streets

18,995 steps taken Our last days here are going to be very quiet, as most of us are feeling the fact that we haven’t really had a break in 3 weeks. We were supposed to go to Nikko today, which is this gorgeous little town with lots of greenery and beauty to enjoy, but we […]

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  • 01 Oct 2019

Day 12 – Disney!

29,108 steps taken Today marked our full day adventure to Disney Sea. We came here last time we were in Japan and it was still just as magical the second time. This is a place designed to bring as much happiness and magic to as many people as possible, and it definitely delivered! A 6 […]

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  • 29 Sep 2019

Day 10 – Osaka to Tokyo

12,901 steps taken – 413.44 km travelled Travel days are always long but exciting. This morning was a nice and relaxed start, with alarms set for 8 o’clock, but really no rush to do anything. Checkout was at 10, and Drew and I were joined by Brad for some last chance temple hunting in Osaka! […]

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  • 28 Sep 2019

Day 9 – Kobe

16,633 steps taken Beef day! We travelled into Kobe by train, and coming out of the station, you could immediately tell what this city is known for. You could smell the delicious scents of grilling beef down every street we went near! But our first step wasn’t to follow our noses towards the food smells, […]

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  • 27 Sep 2019

Day 8 – Chasing Waterfalls

24,364 steps taken – 15.41km travelled Still being a little unwell, we had a slow start this morning, only leaving the hotel just before 11. Drew and I went solo for most of today, with our first stop being a temple nearby the hotel. Imamiya Ebisu Shrine was a very quiet and intimate experience, as […]

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  • 26 Sep 2019

Day 7 – Kyoto to Osaka

17,719 steps taken – 9.66km travelled After such a massive build up to yesterday, I have finally succumbed to this god awful cold that I have been battling for the last few days. But despite me being totally zonked out all day, it was another travel day! We packed up and left the air bnb […]

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  • 22 Sep 2019

Day 3 – Train Rides and Old Streets

26,667 steps taken – 15.84 km travelled. After today, our group is complete! This morning we went to Arishiyama to ride the Scenic Railway and walk the Bamboo Groves. Although the areas are familiar from the last trip here, the experiences we had were completely new to us. We travelled to Arishiyama and booked our […]

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  • 21 Sep 2019

Day 2 – Hello Everyone!

23,178 steps taken – 14.18 km travelled We’ve had a pretty lazy morning as we’ve been waiting for the rest of the crew to land. We spent the morning with Jed and Sue, eating food and shopping our way through Kyoto station, Diamaru and Don Quijote. Amy, Anthony, Tim, Chris and Joe arrived at about […]

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  • 20 Sep 2019

Day 1 – SIN to KIX

9,899 steps taken – 4,935km travelled. 4:30 am is really early. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! It turns out that getting cabs in Singapore is really, really easy when you have the right app. By 5:15 we had checked out and were well on our way to Singapore airport. It was a really quick […]

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  • 19 Sep 2019

Day 5 – Last Chance Sight-Seeing

18,707 steps taken – 11.58km travelled Today is our last day in Singapore. It is a little bitter sweet knowing that we have to leave tomorrow, but it means we get to see all of our friends and create even more memories! After a late night again last night, we had a little bit of […]

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