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I got to Nara just after 4pm, and was greeted with a gorgeous rainbow over the station buildings. The train was just a classic regional train, though it felt more like a metro, just longer and overground. It was a fairly short ride, barely an hour from Yamashina, with one

For my first day in Japan, I slept in, only getting up late morning. I was still tired from the exhausting sick days at the end of my stay in the Philippines. When I was in the airport the night before, I picked up one of those prepaid SIM-cards so

The journey to Japan started at 6am with a Grab (the SE-Asian Uber) to the airport. Since I left the hostel early, I didn't take time to eat before getting to the airport. I just had something once I passed security. My flight to Manila took off on

After 13 days on the same island, I left my hostel in Siquijor in the early morning to get the ferry at 8.20. The following 48 hours were pretty terrible. I didn't get motion sickness from the ferry, as I'm quite used to it, but

The next accommodation was a proper hostel this time, and with a kitchen for once! (although I didn't use it) The second day, I went to another waterfall called Locong Falls. I was originally aiming for Kawasan Falls (not the one in Cebu) but ended up there instead.

As soon as I could check in, I went over to Cliff Gardens, my accommodation for the next 5 nights. I also picked up the laundry I dropped off the day before. What makes this place nice is that at the end of the garden, there's access to