Since I always have a thing for seaside cities, when Maya suggested visiting Kobe, a port city in the western part of Japan, I immediately said yes. Despite more famous for its Kobe beef, Kobe has many to offer other than food. The port city has a unique blend between Japanese culture, European architectures and …
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I continued my journey across Japan by Shinkansen. The 2nd city I visit in Japan is Kyoto, a city that is loved by almost every foreigners. But how come I can visit 1600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines in just 4 days?. Which ones I should visit first? Shinkansen melaju dengan pesat melewati stasiun …
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What's the best way to describe a city where I spent 8 days out of my 16 days winter vacation in Japan?. Tokyo is indeed my favorite city in Japan! Yet even though I've been visiting Japan's capital twice, and spent half of my recent winter vacation in Tokyo, I still am barely scratch its …
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I was completely forgetting about the existence of Jiufen until I saw a postcard in my Taiwanese friend's house. Hmm.. while I have time in Taipei, why don't I go to visit the city that reportedly inspired Japanese anime movie 'Spirited Away'?. That's what I thought at the time. But after I went there, I …
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I've heard many good things about Taiwan from friends and fellow travelers for quite long. Some said the people are very nice and speak good English, the others said the food is really tasty. With the rising popularity of the bubble tea and its night markets, and geographical proximity to Japan, a visit to Taiwan …
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“Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” ― Ibn Battuta, The Travels of Ibn Battutah It has been 3 years since I started to travel extensively. I then decided to keep being on the road to satisfy my curiosity and thirst for other cultures. Honestly, curiosity was the first and main reason why I …
Felt tired and saturated, coupled with some small fights made us canceled the trip to Andorra and Portugal. And honestly, we didn't have time for Portugal at all. Our flights to London will be departing in the next 2 days, so the best thing we could do is to enjoy Madrid. The Spain capital left …
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One thing that excites me the most when I lived outside of Indonesia is the opportunity to learn new cultures. Hal ini jugalah yang bikin saya betah tinggal di Vietnam dan Amerika karena bisa experiencing their culture, observasi, ngebandingin, sekaligus banyak belajar dari mereka. Tulisan ini dibuat berdasar budaya Amerika Serikat that I have experienced …
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Appleton, Wisconsin, USA in April 2019 On a rare occasion where my conscience taking over my fantasy, I saw a boy took the garbage from my trash bin and I remember that he lives in a simple building located behind my place. At the time, I wondered what he feels knowing and seeing people around …
As I told you last week, I had mixed feelings about Munich after what had happened to me at the end of our trip. So when the bus departed to Italy I felt relieved. I've been to many cities in Italy and had only a nice experience there. It took 8 hours from Munich to …
Just because it's located very close to Salzburg, only 2 hours by bus, I decided to visit Munich, Germany. Yes, I've been longing to see the Neuschwanstein castle as well and sadly for some reasons I wasn't able to visit the enchanting castle this time (I will visit the castle on my next Europe trip …
Previously in Dubrovnik, Croatia : The bus officer didn't let me get on the bus since I didn't print the ticket out. They left me & Kyle in Dubrovnik bus station!!. Luckily I managed to buy a new ticket at the ticket booth in Dubrovnik bus station so we are still going to Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. …
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Sejak menjadi lokasi syuting film Kong Skull Island, nama Ninh Binh kian melejit sebagai salah satu destinasi wisata di Vietnam Utara. Sering dijuluki sebagai Ha Long bay darat, semakin banyak traveler yang memilih berkunjung ke Ninh Binh. Apalagi jaraknya juga dekat dengan Hanoi, yakni bisa dicapai dengan naik kereta api atau bus selama 2 jam …
It's all begun when I did research about Islam in Europe as assigned by my editor. I saw the picture of Stari Most bridge and the old town of Mostar and I immediately fall in love with the place. In the next year, when I planned my trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia I told myself that …
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Tahun ini bukan pertama kalinya saya jalan-jalan ke Milwaukee, kota terbesar di negara bagian Wisconsin. I went there before Christmas last year.We explored the city and visited a German Christmas market in front of Fiserv forum, kandangnya Milwaukee Bucks. It was a nice day trip from Appleton and I found myself impressed with the city, …
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Traveling ke negara yang baru berdiri atau merdeka tentu menantang. Selain itu ada juga beberapa kejutan yang melebihi ekspektasi. Hal itulah yang saya rasakan saat travel ke Macedonia, sebuah negara yang baru merdeka pada tahun 1991 dari Yugoslavia. Negara tetangga Yunani ini ternyata cantik dan lumayan modern loh. Ibukotanya, Skopje bahkan dipenuhi dengan bangunan yang …
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Bukan cuma pantai dan pulaunya yang menawan, tapi kuliner Yunani juga telah mendunia. Perpaduan influence dari dunia Barat dan Timur membuat makanan Yunani tak cuma lezat, unik, tapi juga kaya rasa. Sebelum liburan ke Yunani, kenalan dulu yuk dengan beberapa kuliner khas Yunani berikut ini. Kuliner Yunani mudah ditemukan di berbagai belahan dunia. Di Indonesia …
Penasaran dengan patung David karya Michelangelo yang legendaris?. Datang saja ke Florence, Italia. Di kota seni renaisans ini anda tak cuma bisa melihat 1 patung David tapi ada 3 patung di lokasi yang berbeda. Salah satunya adalah patung asli yang dibuat sejak tahun 1501. Dari 3 patung David di Florence, yang manakah yang asli ?. …
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Pengen lihat salju menjadi salah satu alasan utama orang Indonesia traveling ke negara 4 musim saat winter. Baik ke Eropa, Korea, Jepang, hingga Amerika Serikat. Sejak tinggal di AS sejak awal November 2018 lalu saya berkesempatan buat ngelihat, nyentuh, makan, sampai main-main dengan salju ampe bosan. Apalagi negara bagian Wisconsin tempat saya tinggal terkenal sebagai …
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with Martina, my Italian friend Diantara destinasi wisata di Italia kota Florence selalu menjadi tujuan utama para penikmat seni klasik dan budaya. Kota kecil di Italia bagian tengah ini memiliki ratusan karya seni, galeri, istana, monumen, museum, dan gereja hasil karya seniman ternama dunia seperti Michelangelo dan Filippo Bruneleschi. Dengan keindahan kotanya yang memukau, jalan-jalan …
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