Going There Doing That

Author: Charis Kozel

  • Australia – Brisbane, Springbook and Sydney

    Charis: Arriving in Australia was a return to familiarity after almost three months in non-English speaking countries. The flight itself was fairly long and tiring, but the temperatures were so much better once we hit the ground in Brisbane. We stayed in a quite nice youth hostel in the centre of town, with everything we…

  • Korea – Busan

    Derek: Before arriving in Japan we needed to know our exit date for the visa application and decided that Korea would be our next stop. Rather than taking yet another flight, we found the Kampu ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan. This leaves daily and sails for about 14 hours overnight, arriving at 9 AM. The…

  • Japan – Osaka and Gyokuzoin Temple

    Charis: We got into Osaka fairly late and unfortunately our lovely host, Kaishini was away in Tokyo for work. So we settled in, picked up some groceries, did some washing and prepared for our next little trip out to the Gyokuzoin Temple. One fun thing we did do in town before heading out was go…