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Our dream trip across 12 countries – how much did it cost us?

On Tuesday June 27th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Australia, Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & Laos, China, The Philippines, Indonesia & East Timor, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, Thailand, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan, VietnamTagged #asia, #azja, #backpackers, #Celebes, #chiny, #cost, #Indonesia, #Japonia, #kosztpodrozy, #nepal, #Papua, #podróż, #srilanka, #Sulawesi, #Sumatra, #Tajlandia, #travel, australia, Birma, filipiny, Laos, malezja, mjanma, Vietnam14 Comments

Having finished our 6-month journey, during which we visited 12 countries (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, China and Nepal), we often get questions regarding the cost of such a trip. In this post you will find information that will help you to realize that you don’t need a lot of money (which does not mean you need very little of it) to make your travel dream come true. Of course now we can call ourselves smarter and advise you which country you could skip right away if your budget is very limited; and this does not mean that it must be Australia, which many people associate with gigantic travel expenses! Sit back comfortably and make yourself decide after reading our tips whether a long travel is something you could go for taking into account various destinations and travel costs:)

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Kanazawa – the pearl of Japan Alps

On Wednesday April 19th, 2017Monday February 26th, 2024 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, JapanTagged #castle, #clan, #express, #geisha, #goldenmarsh, #Japan, #Japanalp, #Japanesealps, #Kamikochi, #Kanazawa, #kenrokuen, #Kyoto, #Maeda, #Osaka, #samurai, #thunderbird, #złotemoczary, garden, mountains, Museum, park, rice, temple, train2 Comments

Spending only a week in Japan and being on a really tight schedule, we still wanted to get out of Osaka for a day to get to the Japanese Alps. Have you heard of Kanazawa – a city called “Little Kyoto”? Like Kyoto, Kanazawa avoided bombing during World War II. The city name literally means “golden marsh” – in its peak period it was considered to be the richest region in Japan producing about 180 million kg of rice! In addition to samurai and geisha districts you will also see there many interesting temples, museums and the Omi-cho market resembling a bit Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market. Honestly our aim was to come mostly for the views, yes! – gorgeous views of the mountains from one of the 3 most beautiful gardens in Japan, Kenroku-en. Arriving at this place only for a few hours was definitely worthwhile even though the one-way trip from Osaka to Kanazawa took us 3 hours. Have a look how beautiful the place is 🙂

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Matcha & its widespread use in Japanese cuisine

On Thursday April 13th, 2017Thursday September 7th, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, JapanTagged #greentea, #icecream, #Japan, #Japonia, #Kyoto, #matcha, #powder, #powderedgreentea, #takoyaki, #Tokyo, #yogomi, #zielonaherbata2 Comments

Japan is not just sushi. For us the keyword for describing Japanese reality is matcha, a powdered high quality green tea, which is used as an ingredient in myriads of products and dishes, especially sweets, to which it gives an intense green color and a characteristic taste. You can discern the Japanese green tea powder madness in at least 10 types of Japanese products! Green tea powder is obtained by grinding tea leaves from its first spring harvest. Matcha is the world’s healthiest green tea, rich in catechins (antioxidants), believed to be anti-tumor, antiviral and beneficial for the heart. The matcha tea ceremony itself is called Chanoyu, which is actually nothing special. What seems the most interesting and impressive at the same time is the extremely widespread use of matcha in Japanese culinary world!

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Welcome!

On Tuesday October 25th, 2016Monday September 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Africa, South America: Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, North America: USA, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominican Rep., Americas, Australia, Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & Laos, China, Europe, The Philippines, Indonesia & East Timor, inne, Other European countries, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain & UAE, Japan, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco & Cape Verde, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, Poland, Thailand, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan, Vietnam4 Comments

It seems that the most difficult is the first step … And the first post! As everybody is afraid of the unknown and undiscovered. Especially when you need to leave your orderly life. But there comes a moment when you simply know that you must do this! So this is why one day we quit our well-paid jobs, resigned from buying a new car and from other conveniences and decided to set off on a journey to Asia. It started from 2-week expeditions, e.g. to Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. And this step led to many others which we don’t regret at all. That step also made us to create this place – a space for commemorating our expeditions, stories about the unknown tastes and sharing impressions from our adventures.

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Our dream trip across 12 countries – how much did it cost us?

Kanazawa – the pearl of Japan Alps

Matcha & its widespread use in Japanese cuisine

Welcome!