Temples/Shrines
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Written on 2nd January 2017 I’m in writing heaven. I’m sitting on a train looking out at snow covered trees and rooftops and thinking about a moment roughly ten years ago. Some moments stick with you more clearly than others. About ten years ago, I came to the realisation that I should stop buying stuff…
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There are so many temples, so many majestic sites in Egypt that I dare not say which ones are better than the other. Each person has their own preferences and what some like, others may not. I, for some reason, often find myself liking structures near to rivers or large bodies of flowing water. Perhaps in…
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Having climbed through the Great Pyramid, stood by the Sun boat, and sat on a camel; I have to say that the ‘real’ journey to Egypt has only just begun. There is much more than just pyramids and sand. The real journey to ancient Egypt begins when you take the magical and unforgettable cruise down the River Nile. …
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The Thunder Gate After we eat at Tokyo, we go pray. Somehow this sequence reminds me of the novel Eat, Pray, Love. As a first time visitor to Tokyo, I had to go see Tokyo’s oldest and most significant temple, the Sensoji-temple or also known as the Asakusa. The temple is dedicated to…
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On holiday one goes to so many sites within the space of one day that after two days you feel like you’ve seen so much, experienced so many things and nourished your senses. Yesterday I went to visit Nara, founded in 710 as the first capital of Japan and it is definitely a site not…
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Today I was as tourist in every way possible. I went around most of the major sites around Kyoto together with my guidebook, a large camera hanging around my neck and a video camera for those moments you just want to catch in action. I visited the beautiful Golden Pavillion of Kinkaku-ji whose shine radiated…
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I love vacation. Who doesn’t right? From your childhood days, through your teens, college and later in working life, vacation seem to take on a whole different aspect. These days, an interesting and fascinating part of vacation seems to me to be the people we meet along the way. Of course if you’re traveling in…
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Over the weekend, I went out with my dear friends for a birthday celebration (Happy Birthday again!) and since it’s now the “Vegetarian” Festival in Thailand, we discussed and wondered about its origins and what is this festival really for? All we know is that for a period of 9 days, people of Chinese descent in…
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Thinking back to my trip in Kuala Lumpur, there are still a few things I have yet to write about so I thought I’d write a bit more on it for those who plan to take a visit there. There is a street called Jalan Tun H.S. Lee not too far from Chinatown that is…
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