Author: Sergey Guryakov
Month 3 Roundup
Baby pandas learning to crawl. Panda Research Base in Chengdu, China. STATS Days on the road: 91 Distance traveled: 4528.58 miles / 7288.04 km by plane – 1092.49 miles / 1758.19 km by train – 2532.3 miles / 4075.34 km by bus – 734.39 miles / 1181.8 km by boat – 2.2 miles / 3.54 km by car – 167.2 miles / […]
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27 October 2013 – Chengdu, China
Supermarkets of the world series – Chengdu, China grocery shopping.
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Sviyazhsk, Russia
Founded: 1550 by Ivan the terrible, as a military fortress-town on an island to conquer Kazan’. Pop: 250 With two days allocated for Kazan exploration, we spent first exploring city portion of Kazan. On the second, we decided to venture into countryside. The idea evolved from our desire to take Volga river cruise, which was […]
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13 October 2013 – Takayama, Japan
One day retreat to Takayama.. definitely a tourist trap as a town, but probably worth it if you are staying more than 2 days for hikes etc.
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12 October 2013 – Kyoto, Japan
We take a walk through a maze of o-torri gates at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Tokyo. It is a shinto shrine dedicated ot the gods of rice and sake.
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11 October 2013 – Kyoto, Japan
At the geisha dance in Gion Odori, so exciting! Short video, since we are in the theater.
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10 October 2013 – Osaka, Japan
“Come to Osaka, you will have a lovely time” – Jenia. Exploring Osaka for a day trip, no plan, just exploration. Came across a beautiful rose garden downtown, right before the sunset.
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9 October 2013 – Kyoto, Japan
Exploring streets of Kyoto, Japan and visiting various temples, stumbled upon a giant shrine right at the sunset. Stumbling upon the Gate of Jingu-michi street.
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8 October 2013 – Naoshima, Japan
Enroute to Kyoto, escaping typhoon and, once again, on a ferry.
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7 October 2013 – Naoshima, Japan
Quick retreat to Naoshima, Japan – a beautiful island full of art.
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29 September 2013 – Seoul, South Korea
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.
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28 September 2013 – Seoul, South Korea
Enjoying some street food, at some festival, in the city hall area in Seoul, South Korea.
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