Over a week ago, I embark on a solo backpacking across the Kansai Region of Japan. An unplanned and very spontaneous trip after realizing an impending boredom #whattoduringoldenweek. For 7 days I ventured to nonstop walking and explore the famous attractions of Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and Kobe. I made a short video overview of this […]
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Meditating at Borobudur Temple
08:11 05/04/2014 “You’re not able to catch a sunrise in Borobudur” as if someone whispered to our ears. It was just an echo until justified by a beam of light piercing the curtains which disrupted our splendid slumber. Oh! shoot! the sun had already ablaze the sky. We missed the “spectacle moment at Kedu plains” as claimed by the […]
Penang Trip: Fort Cornwallis
09:20 07/07/2013 Our eyes jut out in disbelief of what we just saw. An old fort with crumbling bricks and dingy cannons. Fort Cornwallis looks odd and stale but somehow it gave us that “historical” fervor feeling. If you’ve ardent reader of this blog, you know our proclivity when it comes to historical places such as this […]
Penang Trip: Heritage Walk and Street Arts
10:40 07/07/2013 After our historical jaunt concluded at Jubilee clock tower. We’d walk towards the Logan Heritage building swerving from dozens of paired participants racing on an event. It was some sort of Amazing Race version in Penang style. Looking at their puzzled faces, we can tell they’d some challenges interpreting the clues. Since it’s none […]
Penang Trip: Historical Jaunt
08:26 07/07/2013 The room was still pitch black when our subscription to dreamland was interrupted. It’s too early, but a continuous ascending beep coming from our phone’s alarm stirred our consciousness. It was even less audible from a snore and somniloquy of someone in the dorm room. The snooze mode successfully break to end our slumber. […]