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2024 JAPAN TRAVEL: HOTELS, FOOD, TEA, SHOPPING TIPS AND PRICES

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2024 JAPAN TRAVEL: HOTELS, FOOD, TEA,  SHOPPING TIPS AND PRICES                       (26/12/2023 - 7/1/2024) My 10 day Japan trip was a package tour with a local Croatian travel agency and it included plane tickets, accommodation and transport costs in Japan. We followed the  standard tourist route:  Tokyo, Kamakura, Niko, Nara, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Miyajima. In the first 5 days we were based in  Tokyo  and from there made trips to   Kamakura  and  Nikko , vibrant little places about an hour and  an hour  and a half,  respectively,  by train. If your trip is not part of a package holiday,  my tip: buy your JR Pass as soon as possible and make good use of it! Once purchased it provides you with  unlimited travel throughout the country and within the cities for a designated period of time. It is expensive,  but well worth it! And, don't ...

IN THE LAND OF SMILES -YEAR: 2566

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  IN THE LAND OF SMILES -YEAR: 2566 Considering a trip to Thailand? I have recently come back from my 10 day trip and would like to share some of  my experiences hoping they might come in useful. My 7 reasons to visit The Land of Smiles: It is a beautiful and very versatile country  It has a great climate if you choose the right season The people are kind, warm and friendly (but nobody speaks English!) It's very affordable  It has great food It is a whole new world for people coming from Europe It's a shopping paradise  BEST TIME TO VISIT THAILAND It is a tropical country with a warm climate throughout the year. It has 3 seasons: humid (May-October), cool (November-February) and hot (March-April). Humid season is a monsoon season with a lot of rain and possible floods. Cool season is very popular with tourists, especially  those from colder places, with the air temperatures of about 30 degrees Celsius  and sea temperature around 28 degrees. It is also...