Marrakesh

A disappointing riad

Our Morocco trip has finally reached Marrakesh, our final base. Marrakesh is the most bustling and chaotic city we’ve visited so far. As we entered the city, the traffic was extremely chaotic. Motorcycles…

Casablanca

Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness

In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber…

Bogota

Enjoyed the market in Usaquen

The streets in central Bogota in Colombia cross each other at right angles. The streets from north to south are called Carrera and from east to west are called Calle and each street…

Liguria

Sunset at Vernazza

By the time I reached Vernazza in Cinque Terre, the sun was already setting.It was a beautiful scenery.Vernazza was another town with colourful houses, but there was a church on the shore, which…

Da Nang

Shop for the common people

This is the photo of a large supermarket in Da Nang in Vietnam funded by a Korean company. After the daytime tour to My Son and Hoi An, we joined the night…

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Miranda Friends

Stay in a Ryokan

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
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Airlines

Air China

According to company’s official web site, Air China Limited (“Air China”) and its predecessor, the former Air China, were founded in 1988. According to the “Civil Aviation System Reform Program” which was approved and passed...
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Food

Source of happiness

Emilia Romagna region of Italy is famous for its good foods.This time when I went to visit Torrechiara castle, I went to this restaurant called Al Mulino and enjoyed their foods very much.The...
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Hotels

The worst flu in 20 years

We spent the end of the year in Italy. However, from the 23rd, I started to develop a fever, which is unusual for me. I couldn’t attend the planned Christmas party with our...
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Restaurants

Disappointing restaurant

It was New Year’s Eve in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. We had made a reservation before going on this trip to this restaurant because we thought there would be only a few restaurants open...
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Transports

‘lift’

There are many hills in Valparaiso in Chile. There are many ‘lifts’ to go up and down the hills, too. They call them ‘lifts’, but in fact they are funiculars. According to...