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#Taipei Moments on the verge of reality and fantasy.
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#Taipei A year later, we're back in Jioufen, the village forever filled with tourists, red lanterns, shopping streets, and tea houses.
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#Taipei It's like something out of a scene from Ghost in the Shell. People really live like this!
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#Taipei Residential streets of the central district of Ximen.
A tour of our house in #Taipei.
A tour of our house in #Taipei. The price tag on Airbnb is $120/day. Ximen district.
On the way to #Taipei.
On the way to #Taipei. Views of New Taipei District (not new at all 😁)
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#Taipei I finally made it here! When you have a gold card, the border check goes really smoothly. There's an electronic gate without a border officer, and the voice guidance even switches to Russian 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 when you scan your passport.
The most annoying airline ever - Jetstar-Japan.
The most annoying airline ever - Jetstar-Japan. Never fly with them! They're the only ones in the world, even among low-cost airlines, who made me pay an extra $50 for my normal backpack, because it weighed 11kg instead of 7kg. And this was on top of a…
#Tokyo
#Tokyo For now, we're just hanging out in Narita until tomorrow morning. They promised crowds of tourists from the nearby airport, but the town was already completely empty by 8 PM. At least there's ramen to eat here!
What an irony, many people dream of getting a visa to Japan and coming for at least a…
What an irony, many people dream of getting a visa to Japan and coming for at least a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I'm flying there for the umpteenth time, writing "1 day" on the immigration form, just spending the night and then moving on.
Waking up at 9 in the morning, an hour to the airport, two hours of waiting, 14 hours of…
Waking up at 9 in the morning, an hour to the airport, two hours of waiting, 14 hours of flight, border control, another 2 hours by train... And in the end, at 7 PM local time, at 5 AM the next day in Canada, we'll be in Narita, near Tokyo, and all this…
It's crazy that there's no passport control at the Canadian airport when departing.
It's crazy that there's no passport control at the Canadian airport when departing. I never even took out my passport, and only once did I show my ticket to customs (and it was an electronic one).
Working hard💪
Working hard💪
#HongKong
#HongKong The building that annoys me the most here This year, in the very center of the city, on a square with the well-known HSBC and Bank of China, a new 36-story office tower called Henderson Tower has appeared. The building with its rather…
From Hong Kong 🇭🇰 to Taiwan 🇹🇼
From Hong Kong 🇭🇰 to Taiwan 🇹🇼 If you're passing through Hong Kong (and it's definitely worth visiting!), this is a great opportunity to swing by Taiwan too. The island is just an hour's flight away, there are plenty of low-cost airlines, and most…
#Hong Kong is one of the last cities in the world where bamboo scaffolding is widely used.
#Hong Kong is one of the last cities in the world where bamboo scaffolding is widely used. At the same time, even less wealthy Asian countries have long since switched to steel and aluminum rods. Suddenly, bamboo is not only cheaper to produce, but also…
Nighttime #HongKong
Nighttime #HongKong
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#HongKong Another unofficial attraction of the city is the Monster House, the largest apartment complex in Hong Kong, with a population of a whole town of 10,000 people. I already made a post about this building a year ago, but the photos turned out to be…
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#HongKong Everyone should have a Chinese restaurant in their notes, where you go to eat delicious dumplings at a low price. There are many of them in Hong Kong, but it just so happens that this one is my favorite.
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#HongKong The unofficial landmarks of Hong Kong - Chungking Mansions Right in the city center lies a complex of residential buildings, which by chance has become a catalyst for all the worst things imaginable in the city. Where would an illegal migrant from…
In the summer, #Hong Kong, just like the rest of Asia, is terrorized by the most…
In the summer, #Hong Kong, just like the rest of Asia, is terrorized by the most despicable scoundrels, who manage to fly up (yes, they fly!) even to the 37th floor of a skyscraper.
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#HongKong It was impossible not to go out and have a cup of tea on the balcony with a night view. One problem, I'm not the only one here...
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#HongKong And here's our accommodation in Hong Kong. It cost us 100$ per person per night, which is quite cheap for this city, especially with such a view! I think it can be considered a typical home for the upper middle class. A couple of stops to the…
Here, I'd like to say that it's not so important how much housing costs, but rather the…
Here, I'd like to say that it's not so important how much housing costs, but rather the price/income ratio in the country. In Canada, everyone complains that housing is unaffordable for the middle class, and that's true. But the middle class in Canada earns…
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#HongKong A walk through the residential area of Kennedy Town in the west of the island. This is no longer the city center, but it's only a 15-minute subway ride away, so the price tag for living here is still higher than average. Otherwise, it's just an…
Ah, #HongKong.
Ah, #HongKong. Every time you arrive, it's like it's your first time there.
And...
And... This was the last post about Tokyo, phew! At least until my next visit) There are a total of 75 content posts tagged. A bit less than for Seoul, but a well-deserved second place. The chronology has completely gone off track, but Hong Kong and Kyoto…
Different corners of #Tokyo
Different corners of #Tokyo
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#Tokyo The path from the lift leads to a small village. Like many others in such places, it primarily caters to tourists: there are many hotels, souvenir shops, and several restaurants. Unfortunately, they were closed by evening and the place had already…
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#Tokyo There's a lift halfway up. Fortunately, it's hard to miss it. It only runs until 7 PM, so you should plan your return trip in advance. The fare for each direction is 600 yen (surprisingly, the metro ticket works!). Initially, I wanted to climb up on…
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#Tokyo On my last day in Tokyo, I decided to hike to Mount Mitake for a final hike. This is a rather unpopular place, as it's a bit further from Tokyo than the more famous Mount Takao (there was a post about it, by the way). While everything in Takao is…
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#Tokyo What kind of monster are you?.. Could they have made one like this for humans?
#Tokyo #Yokohama
#Tokyo #Yokohama On one of the August days, I decided to go to the summer fireworks festival in Yokohama. The fireworks themselves were of course amazing, no doubt, probably the most spectacular I've ever seen in my life, but I want to dedicate this post to…
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#Tokyo The love for the unremarkable.
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#Tokyo And what turned out to be a 100% correct decision was to go to the rabbit cafe in Akihabara. For 15$/hour, you get to sit in 6 enclosures with different rabbits, feed them, and watch their antics. They suggest splitting the time equally, but not…
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#Tokyo In Japan, they adore the format of cafes with various animals, so I couldn't pass it up. I went to a cat cafe in Shibuya. But unfortunately, I've never been able to strike up a conversation with cats. You can see from their faces that the visitors…
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#Tokyo After all, all the peoples of our planet Earth are united... - Throwing beer bottles into flower beds when there's no trash bin nearby 🤣
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#Tokyo A bit of content on the topic of the day 😆 While walking around the city in the evening, I accidentally came across a local politician from a small party, who apparently was doing a promotion near the park. Then I looked it up, and it turns out I…
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#Tokyo Returning from Kamakura, I got absorbed in my phone and accidentally went to Haneda Airport instead of Tokyo))) It might seem like a simple mistake, but it's not that easy to do this at the airport, as the Arrival and Departure sections are in…
#Tokyo #Kamakura
#Tokyo #Kamakura And yes, of course it's worth it. Where else can you swim within the Tokyo metropolis?
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#Tokyo #Kamakura We walked through the residential districts and temples. Now it's time to head to the place everyone comes to Kamakura for - the beach! This cute little tram-train will take us there!
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#Tokyo #Kamakura And the one who deviates from the well-trodden paths will be rewarded.
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#Tokyo #Kamakura And here's what people live in in Kamakura. Absolutely beautiful!
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#Tokyo #Kamakura Near the bus stop, there's a cool souvenir shop of Studio Ghibli.
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#Tokyo #Kamakura Near the temple, I met this guy who kindly agreed to pose for the camera while I was resting by the lake. What grace, what plumage! 🤌
#Tokyo #Kamakura
#Tokyo #Kamakura Deciding to stay in Shinagawa was the right choice. Just an hour by train, and I'm on the southern peninsula, in the small beach town of Kamakura (170,000 - a pittance by Tokyo standards). Unlike Yokohama, there are no skyscrapers here, but…
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#Tokyo The Hamarikyū Garden in Tokyo, not far from Ginza, on a scorching sunny day. I found time to take a walk here for an hour in the morning before departing for Toronto. I still think that making such places paid for visits is a crime.
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#Tokyo While wandering around the Ikebukuro district, I stumbled upon a cemetery. Japanese cemeteries are often home to all sorts of wildlife, but this one was simply swarming with cats! Sitting on the graves, they seemed to be watching the visitors who…
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#Tokyo One of my favorite pastimes is photographing the skyscrapers near Haneda Airport 😆
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#Tokyo The farthest place I went in eastern Tokyo was the Shibamata district. I expected it to be a bustling shopping street like Kawagoe, but unfortunately, the area was almost deserted on a weekday. On the other hand, we sometimes expect too much from the…