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The world's warmest guesthouse I encountered in Stalin's hometown
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Cheese and wine by the fireplace — the best night in Kakheti, Telavi
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Success on the second hitchhike— to a Soviet-era winery
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The 23-km city wall and the sweet Saperavi wine — Kakheti Day 1
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Tourist spots remain unchanged, but people change — final day with Zeyneb
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A stillness like Howl's Moving Castle — to the world's oldest Albanian church in Kish
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Autumn leaves, Russian, and three cats — Sheki, a mountain town in Azerbaijan
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To Baku on a 3 a.m. flight — entering Azerbaijan
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She returned to Russia, I to Azerbaijan — on the sleeper train to Urgench
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I want to go back to Besh Qozon — no matter where I eat, nothing beats that taste.
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The sun is alive — the center of Bukhara, like a world from Dragon Quest
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Carrying two kilos of non, passersby smile — Samarkand, day two
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Popcorn a hundred times tastier than movie-theater popcorn was the privilege of the dry climate.
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300 grams of strawberries for 900 yen. Afterwards, an evening of Smetana debates with Sonya
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Eating the world's most delicious plov in a city where PM2.5 tops 300 — First day in Tashkent
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Arrived in Uzbekistan — 100GB for ¥1,400, VPN blocked
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I was sleeping on the floor when a cockroach showed up — completed the Khao Ban loop
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Lost in a village with no signal. I trusted myself — a day in Cao Bang, northern Vietnam
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There's a temple inside a cave — Last day in Lang Son, saying goodbye to Toan
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Shouting on a mountain in Vietnam. In Japan I'm a 'weirdo', here I'm 'human'.
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The night I mixed up the date and stumbled upon the best dinner
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Sampling a sauce that smells like a drain. A nighttime date at Hoan Kiem Lake.
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Those Who Treat and Those Who Are Treated — Commonalities I Learned in Hanoi
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From Chubu Centrair Airport to Hanoi — The Day the Round-the-World Journey Begins Anew
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The day of a third consecutive reunion, and of making a friend in the seat beside me on the plane
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Depart at 10:00 PM, start the climb at 2:00 AM, blue flames spouting from the mountain. Then a ferry to Bali.
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値段ではなく"価値"——ジョグジャカルタで学んだ、お金と人間関係の本質
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期待と裏切りと出会い——ボロブドゥールで過ごした、人生で一番濃い1日
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Hospitality over taste, character over price — the values I discovered in Yogyakarta
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It's the encounters that seem superficial at first glance that are the most interesting. Observations from day two of Parow Serib
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Me and 30 Indonesians. On the 3,000-yen island tour, my backpack was my pillow and a raincoat was my blanket.
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不安の先には、待ってもいなかったことがある—ブルネイで出会った70歳の冒険家
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To Chiang Rai with friends I met at the hostel, to see the Long-Neck tribe!
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We are drawn to what is unfinished. That, it seems, is what it means to be human.
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Nha Trang — Day 2 — the brick ruins and the "local flavors" my Vietnamese friend introduced me to
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The moment I heard Japanese, I found myself withdrawing into my shell.
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On a three-hour date, we only talked for 50 minutes. I can't forget the 'silent date' with my ISFP girlfriend.
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Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and the Night Market, a City Where Memories Overlap | Around the World
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The Japanese food I ate in Quy Nhon was life-changingly delicious | Around the World
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Visited Ho Chi Minh's War Remnants Museum. The pain and respect I felt there.
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From the Philippines to Vietnam: a journey of the heart that crosses the skies.
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Sightseeing in Iroiro City! Heading to Moro Mansion! Relaxing with delivery at night
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Today is my 'Iroiro' day: a slightly special day spent in the Philippines
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Prague National Museum, a golden space
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The Great Musician's Chair I Touched in Prague
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The moment foreign languages became music in a cobbled city. A winter stroll in Prague
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Friendship that blossomed even during COVID, the last supper in France
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On January 1, I ended up catching COVID in France.
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Caught a fever on New Year's Day in France.
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My first New Year's in France! Eating foie gras and escargot!
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Not Paris. This is the real France. A day blending into a French family.
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Genovese made by a French mother, and my first-ever gastronomic
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Tbilisi MOMA and the Christmas illuminations seen from a taxi
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"You are so beautiful." On a night of Christmas lights in Tbilisi
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