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Hello Kitty Shinkansen – the pink special bullet train in Japan

Its not the first time that the West Japan Railyway Company (JR West) runs service with a special theme train. The previous anime series Evangelion themed train was running for a long period. Since last autumn the Hello Kitty train has replaced that popular service. Read more about our experience on that pink train and

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Hiking up to Mt. Hallasan in winter, the highest point of South Korea

Shortly before Christmas 2018 my wife and me decided to visit the subtropical island of Jeju, located on the southern tip of the Korean peninsular. I have already been several times on Jejudo but never made it to the top of Hallasan (한라산 / 漢拏山). I really wanted to visit the highest elevation of South Korea

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