Tag: Train

Hakodate

ByTravelling Minion May 14, 2023 1 Comment
Hokuto Limited Express Sadly, my time in Sapporo is at an end and I need to make my way south to Hakodate. There are no shinkansen trains on the island of Hokkaido itself so the trip between Sapporo and Hakodate will take roughly four hours on the Hokuto Limited Express. Regardless, I'm fairly excited for this part of the journey. In my research this train trip is supposed to be incredibly...

The Nikka Yoichi Distillery & Otaru

ByTravelling Minion May 7, 2023 0 Comments
The train to Otaru and Yoichi Today I am taking a day trip from Sapporo to Yoichi. I will be visiting the Nikka Yoichi Distillery. Ever since becoming a fan of Whisky, Japanese Whisky has held a special place for as long as I can remember. On my first visit to Japan one of my fondest memories is visiting the Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Museum. So knowing that I will be in the vicinity of another...

Plitvice National Park

ByTravelling Minion November 25, 2018 0 Comments
Plitvice National Park We were up early today in order to get to Plitvice National Park and beat some of the crowds. Our original plan was to do tour program C, starting with the great waterfall then head towards the upper lakes. However when we were checking out, our airbnb host suggested that we do the H program. He explained that we would start high and only have to walk downhill the rest of...

Wrapping Up Korea

ByMinion-Chris April 26, 2018 0 Comments
This will be the last time I write about Korea (for now). Thanks for coming along to this unique part of the world! If you want to read up on the whole trip you can do so here.  Here are some highlights and thoughts now that I've finished blogging about it. My top 3 highlights: Highlight #1: Watching Canada Win Gold in the team figure skating event Attending the 2018 Winter Olympics was at the...

DMZ

ByMinion-Chris April 12, 2018 0 Comments
One of the things I had on my list of "musts" in Korea was to visit the DMZ. Well today we had a DMZ tour booked so both Suzy and I were super excited for it. Panmunjom JSA tour inside the DMZ Prior to our trip to Korea, we had to submit our passport and nationality information to the tour company so they could register it with the military. Given that it's still a dangerous area, it's...

Gunsan

ByMinion-Chris March 15, 2018 4 Comments
Gunsan We had a unique day planned today. We were going to make use of our Pyeongchang rail pass and take a train down to a smaller city along the west coast of Korea. Gunsan would be our destination today. This part of our trip was inspired by a Korean travel show called Battle Trip. On this show a K-Pop girl group went on a very cool day trip to Gunsan and we wanted to emulate their itinerary....