08:00 somehow even though we had plenty of time to sleep it was still a tough wake up to get the breakfast. 10:00 last snorkeling round. Yesterday i already rented a waterproof case like thing for my smartphone which i will test to it’s limit today. I first tested it without my smartphone inside […]
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08:00 wake up and eating a small breakfast consisting of meatballs and rice from the Konbini. 09:30 returning the rental car and hastily grabbing our reserved ticket for the 10:00 ferry ride to the Tokashiki port at the Kerama islands. We had some last minute panic moments since we did not find the ticket booth
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09:00 This seems like the norm now. The actual plan was to get up very early and drive to the Daikirenzan, however both of us were extremely exhausted by God knows what so we just stayed and relaxed until 10:00. 11:20 driving along the coast we wanted to get a small taste of the clear
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09:00 headed to the aquarium. Our initial plan was to even start the day earlier. Although the aquarium opens at 08:30 there already seem to be a lot of people around. The area consists of the main building which displays the aquarium and interesting knowledge around marine science as well as a flower park and
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07:00 Day starts after getting home from a nightclub at 03:00 12:00 arrival at the airport and sorting out which hostel to book for the night. The flight by Ana airline took around 2h and was quite cheap, around 90 euros per person round-trip. There seem to be special domestic offers available for foreigners who
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A day to day diary of our trip to okinawa.
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10:00 wake up in Kyoto at a friends flat. He just freshly moved in with his girlfriend. The flat has 2 rooms, looks spacious, is quite centrally located and i think they mentioned they pay the same price as i did in Tokyo with my 6 sqm room. Today i am going back to Tokyo
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11:00 wake up, breakfast and heading to Nara. The hostel i stayed in for the last couple days was unbelievable cheap still clean with a nice service. The breakfast was free and included even fruits such as grapes, pears and melon. I would have never thought to be so happy about such small things. 11:50
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English proficiency In Tokyo i already had major problems speaking with people in english since their proficiency is not that high. This is probably also why most of the foreign workers are either english teachers or people working in IT. On my Tokaido journey i had to rely entirely on peoples patience and my basic
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Some final thoughts: Since this trip was my first actual longer hike i will list my lessons learned in this post. Some might be very obvious to more experienced hikers and some might be very specific to Japan only. Toiletries are not really necessary. Since i was staying in Hostels all the time they also
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