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Kyrgyzstan
6 min to read
Toasting with the best companions at a bar in Kyrgyzstan, and the honest note I wrote
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Kyrgyzstan8 min to read
Found my "authentic self" on the Kyrgyz grasslands #Sary-Chelek Day 3
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Kyrgyzstan10 min to read
To the summit of Kyrgyzstan's Sary-Chelek: my first full-fledged mountaineering climb
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Kyrgyzstan5 min to read
On the first day of the Sary-Chelek tour, I nearly died at a reservoir.
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Kyrgyzstan7 min to read
This is the best hostel ever
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Kyrgyzstan8 min to read
Invited by a Kyrgyz friend, I snuck into a local university
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Kyrgyzstan7 min to read
The 'Home' I found at a hostel in Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan8 min to read
The night I played "Howl's Moving Castle" at a hostel in Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan7 min to read
I snuck onto a Russian-only tour and walked the Alamedin Valley in Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan8 min to read
An impromptu onigiri party with the Kyrgyz hostel members and the girl at the front desk
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Kyrgyzstan8 min to read
I had my hair cut at a salon in Kyrgyzstan where Kyrgyz wasn't understood
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Turkey8 min to read
I don't care what anyone says. After all, there's no proof.
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Turkey7 min to read
There is light in scary places. The night I spent with Zhenya, a Belarusian, and her family.
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Turkey6 min to read
The 30 minutes when the person I knew online actually appeared right in front of me
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Turkey6 min to read
Antalya became my favorite in Turkey
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Turkey6 min to read
Flying to Antalya. My Russian opened the door to the journey.
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Turkey5 min to read
With my first foreign friend, after seven years - Ankara#1
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Turkey5 min to read
A day in Kadıköy with Bera: mackerel sandwiches and brownies
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Armenia9 min to read
They made me write down my phone number and told me to show my address. Armenia border — my first-ever interrogation
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Georgia8 min to read
Khinkali at 1 AM with five strangers. The night I met them in Tbilisi
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Georgia2 min to read
At a hostel in Georgia, the 'story of self-esteem' my grandmother's apple taught me
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Georgia5 min to read
僕は自分の殻を破った！怖くても話しかけた夜、地下の酒場でカラオケを歌った
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Georgia7 min to read
The world's warmest guesthouse I encountered in Stalin's hometown
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Georgia7 min to read
Two days of talking too much with the locals in Poti, a Georgian port town with zero tourists
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Georgia4 min to read
The man who rode a motorcycle from Tbilisi to Portugal — an adventurer I met on the train to Batumi
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Georgia4 min to read
You should chase your dreams — the night I talked with David while eating khinkali
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Georgia4 min to read
Communication Born of Curiosity — What I Learned at a Hostel After a Long Time
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Georgia5 min to read
Cheese and wine by the fireplace — the best night in Kakheti, Telavi
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Georgia5 min to read
Success on the second hitchhike— to a Soviet-era winery
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Georgia4 min to read
The 23-km city wall and the sweet Saperavi wine — Kakheti Day 1
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Azerbaijan3 min to read
Tourist spots remain unchanged, but people change — final day with Zeyneb
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Azerbaijan7 min to read
Coincidence Is Destiny — Stories of Four People I Met in Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan6 min to read
To Baku on a 3 a.m. flight — entering Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan5 min to read
Rolls-Royce and ¥100,000 a month — the gap between rich and poor I felt in Azerbaijan
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Uzbekistan5 min to read
She returned to Russia, I to Azerbaijan — on the sleeper train to Urgench
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Uzbekistan6 min to read
Popcorn a hundred times tastier than movie-theater popcorn was the privilege of the dry climate.
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Thailand5 min to read
Doxycycline 2 baht, Maralon 165 baht — the day I was astonished by an 80-fold difference
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Vietnam4 min to read
Choose your own path — Life philosophies discussed at District7
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Vietnam4 min to read
The night I filled five sheets of stationery with Vietnamese — a letter I wasn't sure I could give.
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Vietnam4 min to read
Eating sewage-flavored pho while enjoying the best view - Tam Dao trip Day 1!
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Vietnam4 min to read
I was sleeping on the floor when a cockroach showed up — completed the Khao Ban loop
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Vietnam8 min to read
Lost in a village with no signal. I trusted myself — a day in Cao Bang, northern Vietnam
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Vietnam5 min to read
There's a temple inside a cave — Last day in Lang Son, saying goodbye to Toan
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Vietnam6 min to read
Shouting on a mountain in Vietnam. In Japan I'm a 'weirdo', here I'm 'human'.
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Vietnam7 min to read
Beer and sunflower seeds at the tower in Lang Son, the town on the China border — a reunion after two years
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Vietnam6 min to read
Being silly is what makes life fun — the day I laughed my head off at Susila
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Vietnam6 min to read
The day I polished off two bowls of Bun Rieu and had prescription sunglasses made for ¥1,500.
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Vietnam4 min to read
At OWNDAYS it's ¥24,000, at a local shop it's ¥2,000 — the eyeglasses situation in Vietnam
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Vietnam4 min to read
Those Who Treat and Those Who Are Treated — Commonalities I Learned in Hanoi
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Vietnam4 min to read
Reunited in Hanoi with the companions I had adventured with for three days — and made new friends
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Indonesia8 min to read
The day of a third consecutive reunion, and of making a friend in the seat beside me on the plane
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Indonesia14 min to read
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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Indonesia7 min to read
Up at 1:30 AM, 500 Jeeps, a Mad Max desert — A day on Mount Bromo
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Indonesia6 min to read
5時30分起床、海パンに着替えて滝の中へ—ブロモツア1日目
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Indonesia11 min to read
The morning I waved over the fence, and the new town a six-hour train brought me to
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Indonesia6 min to read
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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Indonesia18 min to read
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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Indonesia17 min to read
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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Indonesia4 min to read
誰かと出会うことは、自分の中の新しい一面に出会うこと
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Indonesia8 min to read
Like attracts like. The warm-hearted engineer I met in Jakarta
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Brunei6 min to read
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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Thailand12 min to read
Calvin wrote "be yourself" for me. Last day of diving on Koh Tao.
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Thailand6 min to read
It’s interesting because it’s not easy. Scuba diving — Day 1
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Thailand4 min to read
'Compatibility' is felt instinctively. I don't fall for people who are like the sun. I'm strangely drawn to people who carry shadows — a story
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Thailand3 min to read
A 39°C fever from overdoing strength training. The fever taught me the communication power of my "true self".
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Thailand4 min to read
"I want to be authentic at all times" — Thoughts on the morning I said goodbye to my roommate
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Thailand6 min to read
This moment will never return — reflections on 'ichigo ichie' in Ayutthaya
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Thailand5 min to read
Still recovering from being sick, I got off at the wrong station! But I was rescued by a bike straight out of the movie 'TAXi'.
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Thailand3 min to read
Moved by the kindness of a stranger who gave me an umbrella at a red light in the pouring rain
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Thailand4 min to read
The 'Ichigo-Ichie' Billiards Table — The Last Night with a Friend While Traveling
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Thailand4 min to read
“Do you know carbapenem?” — Meeting the pharmacy student who sat one seat ahead in a 40th-floor coworking space
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Thailand5 min to read
The Night I Ate a Centipede in Chinatown──Reuniting in Bangkok with a Friend I Met in the Philippines
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Thailand5 min to read
The Day Taro Okamoto's Words Began to Make Sense — Painting at an Art Café in Bangkok
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Vietnam9 min to read
Da Nang at 3 a.m. — From the early-morning train to a hideaway bar, the last night in Vietnam
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Vietnam9 min to read
An Unexpected Encounter Makes the Best Day — An Unforgettable Day in Huế
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Vietnam6 min to read
ローカル98%の列車に揺られて——フエで僕の心が変わり始めた日
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Vietnam7 min to read
Nha Trang — Day 2 — the brick ruins and the "local flavors" my Vietnamese friend introduced me to
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Vietnam10 min to read
A reunion after 3.5 years and a one-day-only first meeting. Two friendships that intersected in Ho Chi Minh
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Vietnam14 min to read
Three Days with an ISFP Girlfriend──The Night a Wordless Love Ended by Hanoi's Lake
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Vietnam13 min to read
We went to the park at night without helmets. Riding on the back of her bike, our wordless date continued.
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Vietnam15 min to read
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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Vietnam3 min to read
The importance of "asking" rather than assuming | Around the World
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Vietnam9 min to read
On the verge of panic in a village where I knew no one. I was saved by the words of the girl at the hotel reception and my grandma
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Vietnam5 min to read
A night connecting with locals｜Daily life in Quy Nhon
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Vietnam4 min to read
The photo I gave her a year ago—she still kept it in her wallet. Reunion with Cici
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Vietnam3 min to read
The morning I finally ate real Pho with David, whom I'd only known through a screen
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Philippines3 min to read
A form of bonds I found in the Philippines that aren't 'family'.
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Philippines8 min to read
To Guimaras Island, Philippines! Mango Festival, a sea mishap, and a night touched by compassion
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Philippines4 min to read
The first day I ever ate rice with my hands — visiting Gigantes Island with friends from the Philippines.
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Philippines8 min to read
"Wanna try Balot?" my Filipino friend suggested, and when I cracked the shell—
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Philippines4 min to read
A small "Hi!" and a big change — Hope found on the bus
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Philippines5 min to read
"You don't have to be perfect" — The smile I encountered in the Philippines, and how I change during my travels
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Philippines4 min to read
A page of a journey woven by chance and fate
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Philippines8 min to read
Gave ice cream to a young beggar. A day moved to tears by the touching surprise from Popoy and Julian.
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Philippines7 min to read
First time in my life I initiated a conversation! A special night with chocolate beer and the kids
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Philippines7 min to read
Final day in Manila — the night I received a message in the travel notebook from the uncle
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Philippines13 min to read
The day I received life-changing travel advice from an old man I met in Manila, Philippines
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Indonesia4 min to read
A tense face relaxed into a smile — a night in Sanur
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Indonesia5 min to read
The environment changes everything — a lesson from Bali
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Indonesia3 min to read
The morning I made a Norwegian friend
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Czech Republic5 min to read
A two-day miracle, celebrating a reunion with Marsha
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Czech Republic6 min to read
A Hong Kong friend I met in Prague, and the missing iPhone
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France5 min to read
A ten-day dream comes to an end. Leaving Elena's house, she goes to Paris alone.
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France7 min to read
Friendship that blossomed even during COVID, the last supper in France
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France7 min to read
A night when I felt love in the old TV and the simple meal
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France6 min to read
On January 1, I ended up catching COVID in France.
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France7 min to read
Caught a fever on New Year's Day in France.
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France10 min to read
My first New Year's in France! Eating foie gras and escargot!
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France9 min to read
Not Paris. This is the real France. A day blending into a French family.
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France8 min to read
The day I saw a ghost for the first time in my life. An unforgettable day in France.
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France9 min to read
Genovese made by a French mother, and my first-ever gastronomic
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France7 min to read
The Day I Became Timothée Chalamet in Toulouse
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France4 min to read
First meeting after one and a half years, my first time in France, to the home of a friend whose face I hadn't even known.
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Georgia6 min to read
I can do it. After a two-month stay in Tbilisi, I fly toward the next encounter.
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Georgia6 min to read
My first-ever photoshoot. I became a model in front of Greg's camera.
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Georgia6 min to read
Greg, Coffee, and Piano. A Day Spent at a Music Hostel in Tbilisi
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Georgia17 min to read
Eight hours with Eva. A night when we couldn't stop talking even though it was our first time meeting.
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Georgia6 min to read
A night in Tbilisi when a clerk told me, "Your personality looks like HARU."
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Georgia5 min to read
The day when there were no Japanese events. The Tbilisi night I walked with Nata
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Georgia3 min to read
At a hostel where the piano was playing, I met a Kazakhstani filmmaker
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Georgia4 min to read
The story of talking all night with an architect at a hostel in Tbilisi
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Georgia4 min to read
The smiling entrepreneur I met at Fabrica
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Georgia4 min to read
トビリシの金曜夜、友人のデザインスタジオで感じた本物の自由
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Georgia5 min to read
For the first time in my life, I felt a connection with a Georgian woman I met on Tinder
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