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On our way to Nagasaki yay! Since our plan here is now very lax due to the missed HTB trip, we were thinking of extending a day but we're not sure whether it be here or in Fukuoka. We'd think about it in a few days. It's a long ride and even though we didn't get the ones near the coast we were able (or I did anyway) to move to a seat nearer because there aren't much passengers. I loved how everything looks brighter and it's just a few days but I never thought I'd miss seeing the sun.  One of the most amazing things I didn't know before in Japanese trains is that their seats can be rotated! There are routes that looked like as if you're travelling "back" and this detail that you can get your seat on the "right" orientation is really fascinating.  Stepping out of the train it automatically felt different. It's as if it's much more laid back. Granted there is a mall right out of the station but it didn't hav...

We didn't have much planned for today because we're setting up in leaving tomorrow for Nagasaki  so we just settled for a day tour.  + Ohori Park, Fukuoka Castle Ruins + Parks no matter where you are are best experienced during the mornings. We got there when there were joggers around. We found one of those vendo machines I kept on bragging about, where you get the hot cans that is perfect temp to drink. There is none of the miso flavor so I got the corn one which is still good. The park have a few plants here and there but not as lush as I imagine it would in spring. It was a cloudy day too that adds to the gloomy effect. There are just a few people around, we may as well be the only non locals here. We traversed the park via the bridge in the middle and we attempted to walk towards the Fukuokashi museum . Unfortunately when we reached it, it was closed for renovation. We then just walked towards the Fukuoka Castle Ruins . There's not much th...

A few months ago, sometime around the last quarter, an office mate of mine said she has plans in going to Fukuoka. I joined in for a very simple reason, I missed Japan! We were able to get nice flights around November and finalized lodging and IT around January.  Days ticked by and it brought us too much anxiety if ever our trip would be cancelled. NCOV / COVID2019 is still very much peaking as of writing (a week after we came back), Manila is even now in lock down. Each day before Feb 29 I was already nervous that we wake up and our travel to be cancelled due to bans, or even cut short*. But then the day came, and we've clearly noticed the number of people has lessened. Our flight is at 3pm, we were there around 10 and Terminal 3 is almost deserted. The flight going to was a bit weird in my opinion, there were a few vacant seats and it was dominated by foreigners. I never thought they'd see CebPac as an option to fly. There weren't too many delays in our fl...

I still could not believe it. One of my favorite standups just made it here. I know I've only been recently inundated with stand up due to advent of Youtube and streaming but nonetheless Chapelle is at the top of my list. I would in a heartbeat get the expensive / lower chairs, maybe more than 7k perhaps but alas, I really should stop over indulging in watching these shows.  + WTH Ticketworld +  There were only two shows that were scheduled here so the anticipation is high. 9AM I was ready with my card and have already logged in. I was able to get 4 nice tickets somewhere in the middle for the "cheapest price". Putting in my card info, the OTP and boom. The server failed me. When I got back I attempted to book 4 more, but wasn't able to anymore! I tried 2, got in but it was one of the highest chairs. Like we're at the 2nd row before the last one, at least though we're not at the farther edge, but I'm still lucky to have gotten chairs at a...

+ Taipei Zoo + I love that they have a train station near it so it's truly easy to navigate. We got there too early though because we spent some time before getting in. I thought we could have breakfast anywhere but we can't see any shops near. When people started standing on the kiosks we did the same and waited once we're allowed to buy tickets. For a zoo, it's surprisingly not too smelly. I like visiting zoos but not as much because of the smell. Possibly because of the weather but the nose situation is excellent. The map does not do it justice. It's freaking huge. They even have a shuttle to get you to the edge. I think we were able to see almost everything except for that brown bear that didn't show up. The rest is just good. You could burn a day here with kids and I would assure you they'd love it, there's just so many animals. It's like(literally) the hotter version of the Cloud Forest at Singapore  Price: 60 NTD ...