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Stories from a journey around the world
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At a hostel in Georgia, the 'story of self-esteem' my grandmother's apple taught me
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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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The world's warmest guesthouse I encountered in Stalin's hometown
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Two days of talking too much with the locals in Poti, a Georgian port town with zero tourists
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The man who rode a motorcycle from Tbilisi to Portugal — an adventurer I met on the train to Batumi
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You should chase your dreams — the night I talked with David while eating khinkali
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Even though it's on sale, Japan is cheaper — Buying perfume in Tbilisi
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You don't have to take the mainstream path — think about a career that's uniquely yours.
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I left three bags of protein with someone, and a three-hour deep conversation began
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Communication Born of Curiosity — What I Learned at a Hostel After a Long Time
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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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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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Coincidence Is Destiny — Stories of Four People I Met in Azerbaijan
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To Baku on a 3 a.m. flight — entering Azerbaijan
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Rolls-Royce and ¥100,000 a month — the gap between rich and poor I felt in 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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4 hours by train through a Minecraft-like desert — from Samarkand to Bukhara
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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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Arrived in Uzbekistan — 100GB for ¥1,400, VPN blocked
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Choose your own path — Life philosophies discussed at District7
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Be Prepared for Parasites—The Day I Picked Up Metronidazole, My Travel Staple
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A bouquet badly wrapped, and seven hours of silence and an embrace
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The night I filled five sheets of stationery with Vietnamese — a letter I wasn't sure I could give.
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I wanted to live with sheep up on the heights — Tam Dao trip
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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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To Cao Bang, the backpackers' remote hideaway — the night before my first-ever motorcycle trip
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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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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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Being silly is what makes life fun — the day I laughed my head off at Susila
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The day I polished off two bowls of Bun Rieu and had prescription sunglasses made for ¥1,500.
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At OWNDAYS it's ¥24,000, at a local shop it's ¥2,000 — the eyeglasses situation in Vietnam
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The night I mixed up the date and stumbled upon the best dinner
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Our favorite scents are completely opposite — a perfume date in rainy Hanoi
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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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Reunited in Hanoi with the companions I had adventured with for three days — and made new friends
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A night my heart was filled in a dim, orange café.
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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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Up at 1:30 AM, 500 Jeeps, a Mad Max desert — A day on Mount Bromo
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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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The morning I waved over the fence, and the new town a six-hour train brought me to
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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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I flew through a Laputa-like sky and arrived in the artistic city of 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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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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Like attracts like. The warm-hearted engineer I met in Jakarta
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The camembert in the Brunei lounge was just too delicious. To Jakarta on Royal Brunei Airlines
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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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1日に7回出入国した。コタキナバルからブルネイへの12時間バス旅
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"You discover yourself by knowing others." Taro Okamoto's words and the night before Brunei
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Short-term pleasure leads to long-term suffering. On month five of my trip around the world, my first new country is finally within reach.
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Not what you own, but what you've done. The way of life I pondered at a ramen shop
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Insect larvae taste like coconut milk. A local dish of SABAH.
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Started 'Living Beautifully' at a 12-ringgit gym. Kota Kinabalu, day 3
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People tend to like those who boost their self-esteem. The night I couldn't meet Wayn
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I only burned three incense sticks and ended up buying a 49-ringgit candle. That's some impressive marketing
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'Wanting to save people' is my core. The day I went to the pharmacy with a man who might be a scammer
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Fulfilling one's self-esteem — in other words, treating someone with care. What I noticed at a café in Penang
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In Malaysia, 'Kota' means 'city.' I walked 6Km while still having a cold and my face went numb.
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A night I wanted to cry while drinking A&W root beer. The dark side of solo travel
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9:55 — I could get my hands on the Fujifilm X100VI. Not buying it was the right decision.
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If something's on your mind, ask. A day working at a coworking space until 8 PM
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"How one lived" shines the brightest. What I learned about Taro Okamoto on the 14-hour bus trip from Koh Tao to Bangkok.
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All self-taught. French, Russian, programming, even traveling around the world.
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Calvin wrote "be yourself" for me. Last day of diving on Koh Tao.
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Met a sea turtle one minute after diving in. Koh Tao Diving, Day 2
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A new challenge on Koh Tao — I dove into a diving school
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To Koh Tao on a VIP bus. What I noticed on my last day in Chiang Mai
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'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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I was hurt at being put second, so I decided to raise my own worth.
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I reread the one book that made me decide not to get a job while traveling around the world
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I decided on the "conditions for returning home" for my trip around the world: B1 in French, get a six-pack, earn $10,000.
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My day ends with a 300-yen meal at a 7-Eleven in Chiang Mai.
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Not interacting with anyone for two weeks revealed the essence of human nature. A night in Chiang Mai when I confronted the darker side of human nature.
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If I stopped searching for the 'right answer', I might be able to live more naturally
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The night I went to a jazz bar alone and couldn't enjoy it at all
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A story about when I asked 'Can I pay?' in Chiang Mai and was told 'No'
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A day during my round-the-world trip when I suddenly wondered, 'What is this feeling?'
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4 hours → 1.5 hours. What I learned about "holding back" after being hospitalized
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A desperate battle with a cockroach in Chiang Mai. The night I fought with a protein container and body soap.
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Same restaurant three days in a row. Chiang Mai's 60‑baht green curry is just too good.
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Enjoy a night without power—or get angry. People are funny.
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Discharged after just one day — yet a 200,000-yen bill. A tumultuous record of hospitalization in Thailand
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I kept doing four hours of strength training every day and ended up in a Thai hospital.
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A 39°C fever from overdoing strength training. The fever taught me the communication power of my "true self".
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A story about how opening your heart changes the other person's reaction
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The problem of overly strong metacognition — the oddity of being emotional yet calm
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字幕なし、タイ語のみ。チェンマイで映画を見たらこうなった
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Two bowls of khao man gai and four hours at the gym. The Chiang Mai routine feels comfortable
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"I want to be authentic at all times" — Thoughts on the morning I said goodbye to my roommate
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When you keep promises to yourself, confidence naturally follows.
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Not "I want to become," but "I want to return" — a journey to reclaim my true self
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To Chiang Rai with friends I met at the hostel, to see the Long-Neck tribe!
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Forgiving the part of myself that ran away. What I learned in Chiang Mai about how to protect my self-esteem
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Why did I start going to the gym and doing skincare? The real reason I train myself
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The day a scrawny person plunged into an overseas gym — Chiang Mai life begins
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Not a sleeper, 12 hours in a regular seat. A record of the overnight train to Chiang Mai
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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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This moment will never return — reflections on 'ichigo ichie' in Ayutthaya
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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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If it's not there, you choose accordingly. That's life.
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Moved by the kindness of a stranger who gave me an umbrella at a red light in the pouring rain
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The 'Ichigo-Ichie' Billiards Table — The Last Night with a Friend While Traveling
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“Do you know carbapenem?” — Meeting the pharmacy student who sat one seat ahead in a 40th-floor coworking space
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A story of how things somehow worked out when I acted without thinking
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To the 40th floor by a private elevator — the Bangkok coworking space that felt like another world
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On days when nothing goes my way, why I still want to live by my emotions
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The Night I Ate a Centipede in Chinatown──Reuniting in Bangkok with a Friend I Met in the Philippines
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The Day Taro Okamoto's Words Began to Make Sense — Painting at an Art Café in Bangkok
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The best Thai tea of my life, encountered in a Bangkok back alley
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Invest in the way you live — thoughts on 'self-improvement' from a café in Bangkok
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Four vaccine shots for ¥36,000 in Bangkok — breaking down why I miss Vietnam at night
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Good grief — two months, huh──Arrival in Bangkok, the journey restarts
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Da Nang at 3 a.m. — From the early-morning train to a hideaway bar, the last night in Vietnam
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An Unexpected Encounter Makes the Best Day — An Unforgettable Day in Huế
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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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A city where the airport lounge serves Olivier — From Nha Trang to Da Nang, a travel-day record
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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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My first eight-hour train ride and the unease I felt in Nha Trang
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不安な夢から始まった一日と、思いやりを取り戻す夜｜ホーチミンでの記録
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Quiet disappointment born of expectations, and the lesson of letting go | Reflections from Ho Chi Minh
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There's nothing wrong with an unhurried trip｜A luxurious day of doing nothing in Ho Chi Minh
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Lessons from a Major Travel Failure — Expecting Too Much of Others and Losing My Way
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Expect nothing, and something beyond expectation will arrive — The rules of travel and life I realized in Ho Chi Minh | Around the World
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Midnight anxiety and a day consumed by work at a hidden café in Ho Chi Minh
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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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43 minutes by motorbike taxi with a 15 kg backpack. From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh.
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Three Days with an ISFP Girlfriend──The Night a Wordless Love Ended by Hanoi's Lake
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We went to the park at night without helmets. Riding on the back of her bike, our wordless date continued.
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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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Leaving Quy Nhon, returning to the city of memories | Around the World
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Choose a night of deep sleep over a cheap room. The importance of sleep | Around the World
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The importance of "asking" rather than assuming | Around the World
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It was worth paying 170,000 dong to go. A day at Ky Co Beach | 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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Renting a motorbike without a license and riding 20 km through a Vietnamese town | Around the World
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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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A night connecting with locals｜Daily life in Quy Nhon
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3 AM, sudden flight change | Vietnam adventure continues despite poor health
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Traveling around the world isn't easy. A night dealing with a cold, sinusitis, and antibiotics
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Travel, illness, and loneliness. Even so, I started filming my round-the-world documentary.
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A night of hopeful hurt — yet I can't stop meeting people | Vietnam late-night movie date
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The photo I gave her a year ago—she still kept it in her wallet. Reunion with Cici
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The morning I finally ate real Pho with David, whom I'd only known through a screen
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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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A form of bonds I found in the Philippines that aren't 'family'.
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To Guimaras Island, Philippines! Mango Festival, a sea mishap, and a night touched by compassion
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The first day I ever ate rice with my hands — visiting Gigantes Island with friends from the Philippines.
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"Wanna try Balot?" my Filipino friend suggested, and when I cracked the shell—
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A small "Hi!" and a big change — Hope found on the bus
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Couples watching the sunset, and me alone. The night I realized the preciousness of "someone to share with".
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"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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A page of a journey woven by chance and fate
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Gave ice cream to a young beggar. A day moved to tears by the touching surprise from Popoy and Julian.
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First time in my life I initiated a conversation! A special night with chocolate beer and the kids
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To the hidden gem Port Barton. A day savoring the solitude and beauty of traveling alone.
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The café on Google Maps doesn't exist! What I learned in Puerto Princesa about 'living boldly'
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Saying goodbye to William and a new encounter on Palawan Island — a night inspired by Tony, an Irishman
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Final day in Manila — the night I received a message in the travel notebook from the uncle
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The day I received life-changing travel advice from an old man I met in Manila, Philippines
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Travel around the World — It Finally Begins
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