7 October 2013 – Naoshima, Japan
Quick retreat to Naoshima, Japan – a beautiful island full of art.
Quick retreat to Naoshima, Japan – a beautiful island full of art.
“I am going to visit Gellért baths this afternoon” , I casually offered Sergey towards the tail end of our stay in Budapest. I fully expected Sergey to stay behind. Outdoor wave pool at the Gellért baths, Budapest, Hungary. Typically, I think that there’s two kinds of people – those who like getting wet, and…
Flying out to Yangon, Myanmar from the DMK airport in Bangkok.
Spending a few hours at Jjimjilbang (찜질방), aka Korean spa, aka not Spa World (best ever Korean spa on the planet — at least the one we’ve been too. But! our Seoul experience was still pretty cool.
A visit to the Anitkabir, the eternal resting place of the father of modern day Turkey – Ataturk. A fascinating insight into modern Turkish culture, value system, and national identity. An absolute must if you are in the area.
A motorbike taxi (xe om) is the preferred way of getting around in Vietnam’s cities. We took a xe om in Can Tho at rush hour (a slightly delayed 4 o’clock) 😉 with our CS host Tran. Thoroughly recommend the experience, should cost about 20,000 dong($1) anywhere in the center for this rush of excitement….
At the top of Ushba glacier! It took us only 5.5 hours (!!) Seriously the Ushba glacier hike was the most physically demanding trek we’ve done on this trip, but how cool is it to climb up to a glacier?! pretty cool. At the top its a little windy, chilly, somewhat snowy, and a whole lot…