First-person travel notes, city stories, photos, and videos from the Travel Map archive.
#Seoul #Review I decided to calculate my monthly expenses in Seoul. Unfortunately, it's hard to break them down by category precisely, as some things were bought with cash, and some were even purchased by friends in exchange for rubles, but I managed to…
I'm arriving in Moscow tonight! Write to me if you want to meet up, I'd be happy to see everyone PS: For those who haven't been in the channel for long: I periodically return there. For the most part, I can afford this luxury because I'm still a student.
Deer also live in Kuala Lumpur Park. When I first saw them, I was surprised, thinking they were animals from a bit further north. It's a shame that, like in Japan, you can't approach them.
#KualaLumpur Tupai, a local squirrel. It's hard to photograph it up close, as it's very shy.
#HongKong #Review I made a spending table for Hong Kong. It took quite a bit of effort, as I don't keep track of my expenses and it's quite hard to track my cash (and cash is needed in Hong Kong, for example, to top up a metro ticket or pay in cheap…
#KualaLumpur Damn, this is the natural color of the sky at sunset today!
#KualaLumpur When you come to Malaysia, it's like being in Turkey! Eastern music is constantly playing, and there's a lot of Middle Eastern food here. But to my surprise, since my last visit, several Hong Kong-style restaurants have opened here. And since I…
#KualaLumpur I was thinking of renting accommodation in Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur, but it seems that Thailand is currently in the peak season/holiday period, and the prices there have risen by about half compared to what I usually pay. But in Malaysia, I got a…
#HongKong And a bit more content from the adjacent temple area.
#HongKong Temples in the north of Hong Kong
#HongKong A monster house. 18 floors, over 2,200 apartments, housing up to 10,000 people. A monolithic wall facing the street, an L-shaped structure on the other side, with two inner courtyards containing shops, laundries, and small eateries on the first…
#HongKong I took photos of the bay from the mainland during the day and in the evening. My night photography still needs improvement, but I think I managed to capture the overall atmosphere. The uncompressed versions will be in the comments for those who…
#HongKong Finally, good visibility, I climbed to Victoria Peak. In principle, it's not too difficult to walk there, as long as you don't mind getting completely sweaty due to the tropical climate. Of course, it's funny to look at all these skyscrapers from…
#HongKong Like, if you'd like to live in such a beautiful box😂
#HongKong The Chinese cursed the British, and they did it.
#HongKong The mountains disappearing into the fog against the backdrop of skyscrapers are particularly surreal. I wanted to hike to Victoria Peak, but I chose an abandoned road for it (the "closed" sign didn't bother me - I thought it was written for fools).…
#HongKong There's also a positive side - some of the British colonial architecture has been preserved. It looks surreal, but it helps to preserve the cultural heritage in the face of excessive urban development.
#HongKong A hodgepodge of urban landscapes. Panels, panels, panels... It just so happens that the weather is rainy right now, so it's particularly depressing. To top it off, the tropical climate is merciless - the humidity in the house ages things very…
#Hong Kong Three towers of evil - Bank of China, HSBC, Standard Chartered
#HongKong One of the city's most high-rise areas - Austin Station on the mainland side of the Victoria Harbour.
#HongKong Very beautiful lights on one of the streets in the old city center.
By the way, all COVID restrictions in Hong Kong have been lifted since April (before that, you had to take a rapid antigen test).
Stages of life: - Birth - Arriving in #Hong Kong - Checking the prices of food at a Chinese eatery - Death
#Seoul Pretty good entertainment while waiting for the landing)))
#Seoul I slept really well for about three hours, and now I'm heading to the airport by metro. It's nice that I can get there so easily (and for just $3), even though the distance from the city center is 50km.
#Seoul An interesting walking area in the northern part of Seoul, built along the river. Initially, a multi-lane highway was built over it, but at some point, it was demolished and transformed into something more appropriate. In one of the photos, columns…
#Seoul I'm feeling sad because I'm leaving Korea on Saturday(
Imagen Varano Cafe, it sounds like a business idea.
#Seoul We're eating in the best Chinese traditions, in a folksy way, so to speak.
#Seoul The National Museum of Korea. It certainly looks grand!)
#Seoul And a combo, Korean skyscrapers against the backdrop of cherry blossoms)
#Seoul There's no need to go to Japan to take photos of crowds of Asians and blooming cherry blossoms)
#Seoul A few urban Buddhist temples in the feed) They are usually located near parks and are relatively small. In some places, you can drink tea for a small donation (or even for free).
A week later, the weather is +20 again, so we can just chill out 😎
#Seoul Since I've been living here for over two weeks, I can generally comment on the prices: - Decent housing, i.e., with a kitchen, workspace, washing machine, etc., starts at $1,500/month on Airbnb (example). - You can generally settle in any part of the…
#Seoul Just a photo from today's walk) And again, areas with low-rise buildings. And I need to buy myself a phone with a decent camera. This one can't handle direct sunlight 😅
#Seoul A bit of low-rise Seoul. From relatively decent low-rise buildings, which probably fill about half of the city, to some Armenian-style boxes located almost in the central part of the city. Often, such areas are separated from the skyscrapers by just…
#Seoul In addition to the posts about Bukhansan. On the way to the mountains, there are many small Buddhist temples, sometimes built directly into the rock. In one of them, we even managed to drink herbal tea for free, which was very convenient, as we…
#Seoul Judging by the scale, we only walked through a small part of the national park in the south. Farther on there is a whole network of trails, with loads of routes, rest stops, and temples; going around all of it would take who knows how much time and…
#Seoul From yesterday: We went to the Bukhansan National Park, north of the city. Huge mountainous areas with lots of trails, ascents, and temples, which are impossible to explore in a day. We probably walked about 7 kilometers on the entire route, but since…
I'm already a bit regretful, there's a steep slope here 😅
A bit of context. The buildings in the photo are actually in the city center, have a secured residential area, and of course, the Koreans living in them are far from being poor. I was told that a 100-square-meter apartment (with 2-3 rooms) in such a building…
#Seoul Compared to Southeast Asia, Korea has a very pleasant infrastructure. This applies to both public transport (metro, buses) and pedestrian areas - there are sidewalks everywhere (a luxury in Yua), and it's pleasant to walk on them, as they're not just…
And there are also croaking frogs here, haha!
#Seoul A guide to finding the keys to an Airbnb apartment. For some reason, it's not specified how many centimeters to dig down to find them.