Tag: Travel the Gap
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Day 96 – Hong Kong to Siem Reap, CAMBODIA
Today we caught a bus to the airport saying goodbye to the excellent staff at the Mahjong Hostel. We also returned the Public Transport T-Money Cards back to the train station for a refund, which was easy to do. A few hours later, our plane landed in a rainy runway in Cambodia. We then took […]
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Day 94 – Hong Kong
Today we woke up early and went to check out the Po Lin Monastery and the Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau Island. The Monastery is a large structure, in typical Chinese architecture. Certain areas are closed off to tourists, but were nice to view from outside. One of the impressive things at the temple are […]
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Day 93 – Hong Kong
Today we left our hostel, The Mahjong and took the bus to Lantau Island. This involved two buses. The first was the standard double decker bus, you see around town, but the second was a fully packed single decker bus. We had to stand up with all our luggage. And to make things worse, the […]
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Day 92 – Hong Kong
Today we caught Bus 85 to Tai Wai Subway Station. From here we walked to a bicycle rental shop call Extreme Bikes. The owner David was very chill. It was $60 HKD / $10.60 AUD to hire a bike for the entire day with a $300 HKD / $53.02 AUD deposit. The only down side […]
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Day 91 – Hong Kong
Today was our first day to explore Hong Kong. We decided to go to Victoria Peak, via the Peak Tram. After catching the 101 Bus we arrived at the lower Peak Tram Station. Here we waited one hour in line to buy tickets. I recommend pre booking tickets or getting there early to beat the […]
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Day 90 – Seoul to Hong Kong
Seoul Today we left Air Hostel in Seoul, which was a really good Hostel. I highly recommend it. Upon leaving the Manager, David gave us some biscuits and chocolate saying it was a good bye gift. I am such a cheap recommendation! We went to the airport, looking to top up our T-Money card with […]
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Day 89 – Seoul
Today we had a to get to the City Hall Station at 7:30am which was a bit of a struggle as the temperature when we woke up was zero degrees! After buying some food from CU (convenience store) we got to the City Hall Station and awaited pick up. On time a large bus arrived […]
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Day 88 – Seoul
Today started our exploring after midday. We used the subway and then walked to Bukchon Hanok Village, which is an old styled village. It was a Monday so some things were closed. There wasn’t really much to see, but there was some cool old style buildings. The experience might be better if the cultural activities […]
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Day 87 – Busan to Seoul
Despite the lack of sleep everyone in the dorm room was awake at 8am. We walked to Nampo Train Station, which was uncharacteristically empty, which is when panic set in, as we started thinking, maybe there will be a reduced train schedule on Sundays, like we have back home. I’m pleased to say its not. […]
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Day 86 – Busan
By the time we woke up and got ready to leave, it was well past midday. We ended up going to the top of Lotte Department Store, which is a massive shopping centre. On the top is a very cool observatory floor / garden. From here we watched the Yeongdodaegyo Bridge being lifted, which occurs […]
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Day 85 – Busan
Today we woke up surprisingly early (10am 😂) and had breakfast before catching a bus 30 minutes to Taejongdae Resort Park. The Park, has a few attractions to check out including a Pebble Yard, Temples, War Memorials and a lighthouse. A complete loop around Taejongdae Resort Park by foot took around 1.5 hours. There is […]
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Day 84 – Gyeongju to Busan
Today we walked down to the Gyeongju Intercity Bus Terminal after checking out from Apple Hotel. At the bus terminal there was two options towards Busan and google maps was not showing either with the exact same spelling so we went to the counter and showed them the hostels address and they sold us the […]
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Day 83 – Gyeongju
Today we woke up and had cereal for breakfast after years. It’s super easy to pack in the bag and cheap. I recommend it for anyone who is looking to save a few WON in Korea. After breakfast we walked down the road to the bus stop to catch the number 10 bus to Bulguksa […]
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Day 82 – Gyeongju
Today we went to the Ancient Tombs in Noseo-dong which were a very close walk from the Apple Motel. The tombs are essentially mounds, but they are still respected so no climbing is allowed. For some reason, while walking through the tombs, I kept thinking about the Pyramids of Giza. However, these mounds were made […]
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