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Kinkakuji the shimmering Golden Pavilion of Kyoto

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UPDATED MARCH 2018. Serendipity has influenced our travels before and it did so again during our two weeks in Kyoto.  Urgent family business called our Japanese friend to Lake Biwa only 15 minutes away from Kyoto and she was coming into the City to meet us. We were beyond excited and she was taking us to Kinkakuji …

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More Bright Lights in Dotonbori Osaka Japan

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Dotonbori Osaka – A Night Lights Tour A Dotonbori night lights tour is one of the top things to do in Osaka Japan. Dotonbori canal runs through the Dotonbori district and following the canal is a great way of seeing the lights. We love to wing it on holidays and our two weeks in Kyoto …

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November 2013 – 2104 Budget Travel Talk

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  It is hard to believe that we are well into the month of December.  The perfect to time to reflect on our year of travel. I’ve  made a coffee so why don’t you join me for a recap of Budget Travel Talk from November 2013 to November 2014. November 2013 We returned to Australia …

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Bright Lights in Osaka Japan

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After days of rubbing shoulders with kimonoed ladies, admiring temple gardens and ringing Shinto Shrine bells, we awoke one morning blew off the incense and headed for the big smoke. The big city lights of Osaka. As always things were afoot at the Airbnb house we shared in Southern Higashiyama District of Kyoto.  With five rooms, house hellos …

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Be happy at Torii Gates Fushimi Inari Shrine Kyoto

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UPDATED APRIL 2018. Colour always makes me happy and I was more than happy to visit the Torii Gates Fushimi Inari Shrine on the sacred Inari Mountain near Kyoto. I love quirky and the thought of walking beneath many thousands of bright orange, or vermillion torii gates, was too exciting to resist. If you love …

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Kyotos Best Temple for Autumn Colours is…

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  the Silver Pavilion (Ginkaku-ji) – it’s that small temple on the left. I look forward to new experiences when we travel and the autumn foliage colours of Kyotos Temple gardens were certainly new to us.  This world of colours that changed weekly – daily even – were unknown in our tropical world at home and …

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Where to Stay in Kyoto and Walk the Geisha District

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When notification of a budget flight from Australia to Japan arrived in our inbox, we spontaneously decided it was time to become acquainted with traditional Japan, aka Kyoto.  I had this dream of staying in or near the Gion Geisha District and maybe doing a walking Geisha tour. Book Accommodation in Advance for peak seasons. …

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Monkeys at Angkor Wat Moat

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Driving by the moat after a full day spent viewing Angkor Wat, the Bayon (smiling faces) in Angkor Thom and Ta Phrom (overgrown by trees), we spontaneously asked our Tuk Tuk driver to stop to photograph Angkor Wat moat. At first we just wanted photos of the moat with a dreamlike quality, but when our …

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